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AlbertShym's avatar
AlbertShym
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Jan 17, 2018
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R8300 - Support for MD5 Certificates with Built-In VPN

OpenVPN has announced that they will be ending support for MD5 certificates in April of 2018. If that means that I will not be able to use the VPN feature of my router, I am wondering if there will be a firmware update that will replace this outdated security method.

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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    Jan 29, 2018

    Hi AlbertShym,

     

    I am sorry for the confusion. What I meant was the NETGEAR will be supporting the new certificate that OpenVPN uses before it stops supporting the MD5 certificate.

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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jan 22, 2018

    Hi AlbertShym,

     

    NETGEAR will support MD5 certificates for OpenVPN. It will be release before April of 2018.

    • AlbertShym's avatar
      AlbertShym
      Guide
      Jan 25, 2018
      But since NETGEAR's VPN solution uses MD5 certificates, will NETGEAR update the VPN solution to use more secure certificates?
    • JamesGL's avatar
      JamesGL
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Jan 29, 2018

      Hi AlbertShym,

       

      I am sorry for the confusion. What I meant was the NETGEAR will be supporting the new certificate that OpenVPN uses before it stops supporting the MD5 certificate.