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| 582f18 | Samuli Seppänen | 2025-03-19 08:19:22 | 1 | # Introduction |
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| 3 | It is possible to use smartcards to authenticate OpenVPN clients. However, it can be tricky to find OpenVPN, OpenSSL and OpenSC versions which play well together. Fortunately Alon from the [OpenSC project](https://www.opensc-project.org) provides custom builds that make things easier for many. Here are instructions for using them: |
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| 5 | ``` |
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| 6 | Builds are at [1], had to change location. |
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| 7 | Instructions are at [2]. |
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| 9 | You need version 010 of the build. |
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| 11 | i686 - is 32bit |
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| 12 | x86_64 - is 64bit |
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| 14 | You need to install openvpn installer, which will install the tap driver. |
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| 15 | Then extract files from base and openvpn to specific directory and use |
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| 16 | this openvpn. |
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| 18 | You can also use the setup, I've never used it my-self but told that |
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| 19 | it is working. |
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| 21 | [1] http://www.opensc-project.org/downloads/users/alonbl/build/ |
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| 22 | [2] https://www.opensc-project.org/build/ |
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| 23 | ``` |
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| 25 | These instructions were originally published [here](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.user/32383/focus=32394). |
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| 27 | # External resources |
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| 29 | * [Smart card section in the OpenVPN HOWTO](http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#pkcs11) |
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| 30 | * [The OpenVPN smartcard HOWTO](http://acksyn.org/docs/smart-cards-openvpn.html) |