Change cipher type?

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nycvelo

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Post by nycvelo » Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:45 am
Viscosity 1.0.9 on Snow Leopard 10.6.3

How to change the cipher type in Viscosity? I am trying to set up a tunnel with a remote OpenVPN box that uses AES-128-CBC as its cipher.

Connection attempts return this error in Viscosity:

Mon Jun 14 08:38:14 2010: WARNING: 'cipher' is used inconsistently, local='cipher BF-CBC', remote='cipher AES-128-CBC'

I don't see a field in the preferences screens to change the cipher from Blowfish to AES-128 but perhaps I missed it. Changing the remote side is not an option.

Thanks in advance for clues on getting this client to use AES.

James

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Post by James » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:51 am
Hi nycvelo,

You'll need to add the cipher command yourself to the Advanced commands section (the text field under the Advanced tab when editing your connection in Viscosity). Add a command like so on a new line:

cipher AES-128-CBC

Cheers,
James
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nycvelo

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Post by nycvelo » Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:55 am
Bingo. Thanks!
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