Basic info

• Time: Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 14:00 CEST (12:00 UTC)
• Place: #openvpn-meeting channel on !LiberaChat IRC network

Topics

• Updated: Release 2.7
  Stable release is near but there were some last minute bug fixes including a security fix.
  We decided instead of releasing a stable version today, to go for one more release candidate, RC5.
  OpenVPN 2.7rc5 is intended to be released tomorrow.
  The stable release will follow after that within a few weeks or so, most likely around 28 January.

• New: Release 2.6.18
  A small bugfix release will be coming soon.

• New: forums situation
  Eduardo from website team is currently working on the forums.
  Due to holidays this was on hold for a bit but we're back on it now.
  Most things work now, there are some inconveniences that will require manual intervention like removing spam posts and handling duplicate account issues.
  We will continue to work on it and test it and make it ready for a big switch.

• Updated: mbedtls support
  The old mbedtls2 is EOL so that was removed as per 2.7rc4.
  mbedtls3 support is currently in 2.7rc4 and will be in 2.7.0.
  That version of mbedtls (3.6 LTS release) is still supported until March 2027 at least.
  The plan is to get to mbedtls4 implementation in OpenVPN 2.7 in some version after 2.7.0.

• Updated: community meetup 2026
  When: exact date to be determined, a poll will be sent out to regular members. Roughly in september/october timeframe.
  Where: Tentatively in Paderborn, Germany.
  Meeting room: Potentially https://www.welcome-hotels.com/en/hotels/paderborn/events/
  Beer: recommendation against local paderborner beer, although it is cheap.

• 2.7 security audit
  There are still things ongoing in regards to the security audit but no new major findings so far.
  Still have items to review and go through, but this is ongoing.

Backlog

• t_server and t_client testing framework
  mattock asked where to put the t_server stack as it is currently on ordex's open source fund funded AWS account but funds might dry up there.
  Discussed option to move it to OpenVPN Inc. funded AWS community account. Will explore this option.
  Needs to be picked up by either djpig or uddr.

• Tunnelcrack progress (see TunnelCrack community wiki article)
  Status update on TunnelCrack mitigations:
  The tunnelcrack mitigation for Windows has gone in master, which will go to 2.7 release. There is the possibility for it to go to 2.6.x if we can find testers for this.
  Windows, openvpn2: block-local merged to master, not to 2.6.x. openvpn3: in code review.
  Linux, openvpn2: in progress. openvpn3: in progress.
  macOS: to be determined.
  iOS: to be determined.
  Android: not vulnerable.

• donation collection
  From earlier exploration it is clear that setting up a legal entity is not worth the expense at this point. We're just starting out with donations.
  What we can do is start out with an existing company that can collect the money and puts it to good community use. ordex volunteers to take this on.
  There are some options to consider. There may be existing solutions that we want to consider.
  PayPal seems overly expensive with all their fees.
  Stripe could be worth considering for credit card processing.
  GitHub Sponsors was mentioned as a possible solution, this is worth investigating.
  Open Collective was also mentioned, that needs some investigating how that exactly would work for us.