List Connected Connections (Feature Req?)

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tek

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Post by tek » Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:44 am
I understand that Viscosity doesn't have a direct way of listing currently-connected connections -- one needs to loop through all connections, get state ( posting.php?mode=quote&f=9&p=7534 )

That gets unnecessarily tedious when one has 1-2K connections.

I use single-adapter mode (see the 1-2K possible connections above), and a direct method to get currently-connected connections would be really useful so I can close any current connection before opening a new one.

Is this a feature you could add?

I suppose I could cache the name of the last-used connection, etc, etc, but it's not foolproof; better I get that info directly from Viscosity.

Hmm, wait, you use parts of openvpn/client under the covers, correct? Perhaps I could interrogate its admin/management port or some such?

For something much more low-brow, in your opinion would it be better to interrogate 1-2K connections to find the 1 connected one, or simply kill/restart Viscosity.exe?

Pls advise.

Eric

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Post by Eric » Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:42 am
Hi Tek,

Killing Viscosity.exe would most likely leave the openvpn connection intact, you would need to kill openvpn.exe.

We'll add your request to our feature list.

Regards,
Eric
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tek

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Post by tek » Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:12 pm
Thx, Eric. Related, is there a way to turn on the openvpn management interface so I could telnet into and query the management port?

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Post by Eric » Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:17 pm
Hi tek,

Viscosity is using the interface so I'm afraid there is not a way to query it. If you have a requirement to use the management interface Viscosity may not suit your requirements.

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Eric
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tek

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Post by tek » Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:31 pm
Nah, I don't "need" to query the openvpn management interface; my thought was to do so for connection information while this feature request is being worked on. But if Viscosity itself is using that interface, well, that's that :-) Thx for your input.
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