[gnome-network] Lack of new OpenVPN SAML interoperability

[Marcus Diniz <marcus secunit org>]

Hello,

First of all, I'm sorry to copy both gnome-network-list and networkmanager-list, because I didn't know or couldn't recognize which one would be the proper one to mention this fact.

I've been trying to access my OpenVPN cloud account through the 'Import profile' wizard that comes with Gnome Network.

I simply go to Settings->Network, then on VPN panel I click on '+' symbol, a new window appears, then I select 'Import from file...'.

Finally, after imported, when I try to connect, I receive the following errors:

Aug  1 14:17:13 blackbox systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox NetworkManager[1266]: <info>  [1627838237.3179] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="29cf64b5-5104-4953-83e2-367bf0a140ed" name="device_1_mdiniz@moneytrans_eu@secunit.openvpn.com_[Sao_Paulo]" pid=2455 uid=1000 result="success"
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox NetworkManager[1266]: <info>  [1627838237.3261] vpn-connection[0x559b36c6c510,29cf64b5-5104-4953-83e2-367bf0a140ed,"device_1_mdiniz@moneytrans_eu@secunit.openvpn.com_[Sao_Paul: Started the VPN service, PID 42217
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox NetworkManager[1266]: <info>  [1627838237.3367] vpn-connection[0x559b36c6c510,29cf64b5-5104-4953-83e2-367bf0a140ed,"device_1_mdiniz@moneytrans_eu@secunit.openvpn.com_[Sao_Paul: Saw the service appear; activating connection
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox NetworkManager[1266]: <info>  [1627838237.3699] vpn-connection[0x559b36c6c510,29cf64b5-5104-4953-83e2-367bf0a140ed,"device_1_mdiniz@moneytrans_eu@secunit.openvpn.com_[Sao_Paul: VPN plugin: state changed: starting (3)
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox NetworkManager[1266]: <info>  [1627838237.3705] vpn-connection[0x559b36c6c510,29cf64b5-5104-4953-83e2-367bf0a140ed,"device_1_mdiniz@moneytrans_eu@secunit.openvpn.com_[Sao_Paul: VPN connection: (ConnectInteractive) reply received
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: OpenVPN 2.4.7 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Jul 19 2021
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1f  31 Mar 2020, LZO 2.10
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]209.14.3.201:1194
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: UDP link local: (not bound)
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]209.14.3.201:1194
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: NOTE: chroot will be delayed because of --client, --pull, or --up-delay
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: NOTE: UID/GID downgrade will be delayed because of --client, --pull, or --up-delay
Aug  1 14:17:17 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: [br-gru-dc2-g1.cloud.openvpn.net] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]209.14.3.201:1194
Aug  1 14:17:18 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED,SSO Auth Failed due to lack of client support
Aug  1 14:17:18 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting
Aug  1 14:17:23 blackbox NetworkManager[1266]: <info>  [1627838243.8605] vpn-connection[0x559b36c6c510,29cf64b5-5104-4953-83e2-367bf0a140ed,"device_1_mdiniz@moneytrans_eu@secunit.openvpn.com_[Sao_Paul: VPN plugin: requested secrets; state connect (4)
Aug  1 14:17:25 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Aug  1 14:17:25 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]209.14.3.201:1194
Aug  1 14:17:25 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: UDP link local: (not bound)
Aug  1 14:17:25 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: UDP link remote: [AF_INET]209.14.3.201:1194
Aug  1 14:17:25 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: [br-gru-dc2-g1.cloud.openvpn.net] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]209.14.3.201:1194
Aug  1 14:17:26 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED,SSO Auth Failed due to lack of client support
Aug  1 14:17:26 blackbox nm-openvpn[42221]: SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting

While using openvpn3 package it works flawlessly.

I wonder, are there any plans to add openvpn3 support for the VPNs?

Thank you,

Marcus