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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 be weak since 2008 and it's taken awhile, but now it's not allowing me top use my VPN. I discovered this when atempting to set up my VPN on my android device using the App "OpenVPN for Android." I don't know enough about VPN's to generate my own certificiates and make my own config files,m I rely on what Netgear pushes out through the router menu. Within the app, I tried adding a custom line to the config file: tls-cipher DEFAULT:@SECLELVEL=0 but then it wouldn't read the config file properly. This would all be fixed if Netgear would update the router's firmware to issue new certificates that use SHA256, which it sounds like thery should be doing anyways for security. This is essentail to providing good VPN service, if they want to advertise this feature in thier routers. Any thoughts, suggestions, and help?!Solved11KViews1like16Comments