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OpenVPN -- kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions

Posted: 09 Aug 2011, 04:39
by nerke
Last night i installed OpenVPN as showed in this: http://www.annoying.dk/2007/10/14/quick ... th-debian/ guide.

It starts without errors but when i check /var/log/messages i find this:
Aug 8 21:07:11 bubba kernel: tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
Aug 8 21:07:11 bubba kernel: tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <[email protected]>
Aug 8 21:07:11 bubba kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Aug 8 21:21:47 bubba -- MARK --
Aug 8 21:41:47 bubba -- MARK --
Aug 8 21:45:20 bubba ifplugd.agent[17156]: Stopping ifplugd for tun0
Aug 8 21:53:10 bubba kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Aug 8 21:58:19 bubba ifplugd.agent[17346]: Stopping ifplugd for tun0
Aug 8 21:58:20 bubba kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Aug 8 22:08:33 bubba ifplugd.agent[17453]: Stopping ifplugd for tun0
Aug 8 22:08:35 bubba kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Aug 8 22:10:16 bubba ifplugd.agent[17517]: Stopping ifplugd for tun0
Aug 8 22:10:17 bubba kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Aug 8 22:21:47 bubba -- MARK --
Aug 8 22:41:47 bubba -- MARK --
Aug 8 23:01:47 bubba -- MARK --
Aug 8 23:02:57 bubba ifplugd.agent[17683]: Stopping ifplugd for tun0
Aug 8 23:02:59 bubba kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Do i need to worry and take action? ;)

Thanks in advance!

Re: OpenVPN -- kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions

Posted: 10 Aug 2011, 13:57
by Ubi
afaik privacy extensions are for ipv6 only. But please correct me if I'm wrong...