OpenVPN 2.7 alpha release was made last wednesday on 28 May 2025.
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OpenVPN 2.7 alpha release was made last wednesday on 28 May 2025.\
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For the DNS related changes, the macOS DNS script and the compatibility code is yet to be merged.\
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For the DCO related changes, some items are still being finalized (epoch data key support).\
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For the live route updates changes, it is likely that this will not make it into 2.7.
* **Updated: security mailing list**\
Contact page was updated, this time with approval.\
It can still be updated if there are any concerns.
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## Backlog
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* **Changes to community pages on main website**\
Company reached out to novaflash about proposed changes. novaflash involved ordex and lev__ for feedback/ideas.\
An initial design suggestion was put forward, hoping to get feedback from community on it to finetune it.\
https://crashed.computer/new.png \
There was no immediate feedback in the community meeting, so novaflash, ordex, and lev__, will work together to come up with something sensible.
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## Backlog
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* **DCO tasks**\
Implementation of epoch data keys in user space in OpenVPN2 and OpenVPN3 are both done now. For Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD DCO this implementation still needs to happen.\
lev__ has started work on epoch data keys in Windows DCO. Windows DCO has also support for server mode now so has some significant changes coming with 2.7.
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Red Hat 9.6 introduced a change that breaks the current production DCO kernel module code. A fix for this is available now.\
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Programs that rely on this like Access Server and OpenVPN3 Linux will push out an updated DCO kernel module with this fix soonish.\
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There are still some bugfixes for the backport copy of linux kernel upstreamed version of DCO for 2.7 to be resolved.
