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OpenVPN 2.5.1 GPL (Open Source) New
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https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/    OpenVPN - Released 24 February, 2021



The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.5.1. It includes several bug fixes and improvements as well as updated OpenSSL and OpenVPN GUI for Windows.  Source tarball (gzip)https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/r...5.1.tar.gz
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Source tarball (xz) https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/r...5.1.tar.xz
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Source zip  https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/r...-2.5.1.zip
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Windows 32-bit MSI installer  https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/r...01-x86.msi
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Windows 64-bit MSI installer  https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/r...-amd64.msi
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Overview of changes since OpenVPN 2.4
Faster connections

    Connections setup is now much faster

Crypto specific changes

    ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher in the OpenVPN data channel (Requires OpenSSL 1.1.0 or newer)
    Improved TLS 1.3 support when using OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer
    Client-specific tls-crypt keys (–tls-crypt-v2)
    Improved Data channel cipher negotiation
    Removal of BF-CBC support in default configuration (see below for possible incompatibilities)

Server-side improvements

    HMAC based auth-token support for seamless reconnects to standalone servers or a group of servers.
    Asynchronous (deferred) authentication support for auth-pam plugin
    Asynchronous (deferred) support for client-connect scripts and plugins

Network-related changes

    Support IPv4 configs with /31 netmasks now
    802.1q VLAN support on TAP servers
    IPv6-only tunnels
    New option –block-ipv6 to reject all IPv6 packets (ICMPv6)

Linux-specific features

    VRF support
    Netlink integration (OpenVPN no longer needs to execute ifconfig/route or ip commands)

Windows-specific features

    Wintun driver support, a faster alternative to tap-windows6
    Setting tun/tap interface MTU
    Setting DHCP search domain
    Allow unicode search string in –cryptoapicert option
    EasyRSA3, a modern take on OpenVPN CA management
    MSI installer       Digital Signature ( Open VPN Inc.)
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