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Bug 639560 - User interfaces limits the user to a maximum of 10000 seconds for reneg-sec
User interfaces limits the user to a maximum of 10000 seconds for reneg-sec
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: VPN: openvpn
0.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-01-14 20:07 UTC by Dominic Hopf
Modified: 2011-01-18 11:15 UTC
See Also:
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Description Dominic Hopf 2011-01-14 20:07:03 UTC
The user interface allows the user to just set a maximum of 10000 seconds for the OpenVPN reneg-sec setting. This causes problems at least for me and some other colleagues at work. We are connecting via RSA SecurID token to the company network and can not cache the passwords. Thus a connection which is longer established would be more useful for us.

We pointed out the maximum limit is set in this file (on ubuntu 10.04):
/usr/share/gnome-vpn-properties/openvpn/nm-openvpn-dialog.glade

We adjusted the value to at least 86400 seconds/1 day. Higher values might also be useful.
Comment 1 Dan Williams 2011-01-14 21:37:33 UTC
No idea why the 10000 value was chosen.  We should bump this up to at least 100,000 or more.
Comment 2 Jiri Klimes 2011-01-18 11:15:11 UTC
Upper limit increased to 604800 (one week). It was actually in code already, but UI limited that to 10000.

Pushed upstream:
7a9165addb42f0d9b953b2445078219a9457a2b3