The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.7_alpha1. This is the first Alpha release for the feature release 2.7.0. As the Alpha name implies this is an early release build, this is not intended for production use.
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Highlights of this release include:
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* Multi-socket support for servers -- Handle multiple addresses/ports/protocols within one server
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* Improved Client support for DNS options
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* Client implementations for Linux/BSD, included with the default install
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* New client implementation for Windows, adding support for features like split DNS and DNSSEC
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* Architectural improvements on Windows
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* The `block-local` flag is now enforced with WFP filters
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* Windows network adapters are now generated on demand
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* Windows automatic service now runs as an unpriviledged user
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* Support for server mode in win-dco driver
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* Note: Support for the wintun driver has been removed. win-dco is now the default, tap-windows6 is the fallback solution for use-cases not covered by win-doc.
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* Improved data channel
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* Enforcement of AES-GCM usage limit
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* Epoch data keys and packet format
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For details see [Changes.rst](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/v2.7_alpha1/Changes.rst)
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Windows MSI changes since 2.6.14:
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* Built against OpenSSL 3.5.0
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* Included openvpn-gui updated to 11.53.0.0
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* Support for webauth in PLAP (Pre-Logon Access Provider) via QR code (github [openvpn-gui#687](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-gui/issues/687))
For Community-maintained packages for Linux distributions see OpenvpnSoftwareRepos. Note that the Fedora Copr repositories have been moved to the @OpenVPN group account and that there are new repositories available on openSUSE Buildservice.
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## OpenVPN 2.6.14 -- Released 02 April 2025
The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.6.14. This is a bugfix release containing one security fix.
