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R6700v2 Firmware: VPN Service uses MD5 but newest standards call for SHA256
I am unable to connect to my Netgear R6700v2 VPN using my android device becasue the certificate my router generates is still using MD5 when services started requiring SHA256. MD5 has been known to b...
Hi All,
A firmware is released for R6700v2 that will support the new OpenVPN certificate.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059475/R6700v2-Firmware-Version-1-2-0-24
Regards,
Blanca
Community Team
Hello JamesGL
Back on February 5th you wrote:
"NETGEAR is already aware of MD5 certificate which will no longer work by April. NETGEAR will release a new certificate before the deadline."
The deadline is now 2 days away..... What should we expect? Is there going to be an update or not? If not, I am going to be very disapointed. I purchased this router explicitly for the VPN function.
Hardware Version R7000
Firmware Version V1.0.9.26_10.2.31
So did I.
pthorvald wrote:
Hello JamesGL
back on February 5th you wrote:
"NETGEAR is already aware of MD5 certificate which will no longer work by April. NETGEAR will release a new certificate before the deadline."
The deadline is now 2 days away..... What should we expect? Is there going to be an update or not? If not, I am going to be very disapointed. I purchased this router explicitly for the VPN function.
Hardware Version R7000
Firmware Version V1.0.9.26_10.2.31