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Borthalomew
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Dec 30, 2017
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[X10 (R9000)] cannot regenerate or invalidate VPN credentials

I'm shocked I spent so much on a high end router, and I'm stuck with the static OpenVPN configuration on the router. There is no way to invalidate old keys, generate new keys, or have multiple active...
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  • juched's avatar
    juched
    Dec 31, 2017
    They need to address this across their product lines. A fixed key is a problem. Plus it is signed with MD5 and should be SHA2 now.

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Jessegodsey
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Dec 30, 2017

Then I would install DD-WRT..  I understand it should do this out of the box, but if you are beyond returning it or there is really no way to do this with the factory image, look into DD-WRT.  I know they have two different variants for this router, because I own it as well.

 

You can always go back to factory image as well.  Read up on it...