Accès aux identifiants
Reads VPN profiles, private keys, certificates, passwords, and auth files.
brew
Installer openvpn avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de openvpn pour les workflows d'agents IA.
sécurité des agents
Réponse sur la sécurité des agents
openvpn controls VPN connectivity and can route agent traffic through private networks.
Modification distante
Primarily changes network reachability, not application data.
Risque de publication ou d'artéfact
Can expose private network access to downstream tools.
Contrôle recommandé
Gate VPN start, config reads, and private-key handling.
Conseils d'utilisation par les agents
Allow config validation; require approval before connecting or reading credential material.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install openvpnlocal Homebrew formula metadata
Linux
Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add openvpnAlpine Linux edge package indexes · openvpn · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install openvpnDebian stable package indexes · openvpn · Source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install openvpnFedora Rawhide package metadata · openvpn · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#openvpnnixpkgs package indexes · openvpn · Source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S openvpnArch Linux sync databases · openvpn · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install openvpnopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · openvpn · Source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyvérifié · 92%
choco install openvpnChocolatey community package catalog · openvpn · Source: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopvérifié · 92%
scoop install extras/openvpnScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/openvpn.json · Source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managervérifié · 92%
winget install --id OpenVPNTechnologies.OpenVPN -eWindows Package Manager source index · OpenVPNTechnologies.OpenVPN · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
SSL/TLS VPN implementing OSI layer 2 or 3 secure network extension
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- openvpn
historique
Historique du projet et usages
OpenVPN is a long-running open source VPN implementation built around SSL/TLS, TUN/TAP virtual network interfaces, and a single userspace daemon that can act as client or server. It became one of the default choices for self-hosted and commercial VPN deployments because it crossed operating-system, firewall, NAT, and package-manager boundaries better than many older VPN stacks.
Historique du projet
OpenVPN was created by James Yonan and traces its public history to 2001. The project chose a custom VPN protocol using SSL/TLS for key exchange and OpenSSL for cryptography rather than implementing IPsec, PPTP, or L2TP.
OpenVPN 1.x was mainly a point-to-point tool. OpenVPN 2.0 was the major architectural step: the official how-to and manual describe scalable multi-client TCP/UDP server mode, where many clients connect to a single server process and share one TUN or TAP interface.
The 2.x line added features that made OpenVPN practical in mixed networks: certificate-based TLS deployments, username/password authentication hooks, pushed routes and DNS options, management interfaces, plugins and scripts, IPv6 support, Windows service improvements, and continued crypto and platform updates.
Historique d'adoption
OpenVPN spread through Unix and Linux distributions, router firmware, VPN providers, and enterprise remote-access setups because it used ordinary TCP or UDP ports, worked through many NAT and firewall environments, and could be configured with plain text profile files. Package availability across Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows package managers, and router-oriented ecosystems made .ovpn profiles a portable operational artifact.
OpenVPN Inc. built commercial products such as Access Server and OpenVPN Connect around the open source Community Edition while continuing to support the community project. That split gave the protocol a dual life: a free daemon for administrators and a managed product line for organizations.
Modes d'utilisation
Operators use OpenVPN to build routed layer-3 VPNs with TUN devices, bridged layer-2 VPNs with TAP devices, site-to-site tunnels, road-warrior remote access, lab networks, router-based VPN clients, and compatibility endpoints for commercial VPN services. A typical deployment combines server and client configuration files, certificates or username/password credentials, route pushes, firewall rules, and system services.
Package users care about the single openvpn executable because it is both the client and the server. That keeps scripting, service supervision, and container use straightforward, while configuration complexity lives in profile files and PKI assets.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
OpenVPN is one of the canonical networking packages where packaging is operations: binaries, services, sample configs, plugin paths, systemd or launchd integration, certificate locations, and kernel TUN/TAP support all affect whether the package is usable.
Its long history also makes it a compatibility anchor. Even as WireGuard changed expectations for small VPN codebases, OpenVPN remains important for existing .ovpn profiles, mature server deployments, commercial-provider compatibility, and environments that need TLS-style transport flexibility.
Chronologie
- 2001: James Yonan releases the first OpenVPN versions.
- 2005: OpenVPN 2.0 establishes multi-client server mode as the core scalable deployment pattern.
- 2013-era 2.3 line: OpenVPN documentation notes complete IPv6 and PolarSSL support among 2.3 improvements.
- 2017-era 2.4 line: the project adds modern client/server negotiation features and continues improving Windows service behavior.
- 2020s: OpenVPN Community Edition continues through the 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 lines while OpenVPN Inc. maintains commercial Access Server and OpenVPN Connect products around the protocol.
Related projects
- OpenVPN is related to OpenVPN Access Server, OpenVPN Connect, EasyRSA, Tunnelblick, NetworkManager-openvpn, OpenWrt and other router firmware integrations, SoftEther VPN's OpenVPN protocol support, WireGuard, IPsec, and TLS libraries such as OpenSSL and mbed TLS.
Sources
- https://blog.openvpn.net/the-history-of-openvpn/
- https://community.openvpn.net/
- https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn
- https://openvpn.net/access-server-or-community/
- https://openvpn.net/community-docs/community-articles/openvpn-2-6-manual.html
- https://openvpn.net/community-docs/how-to.html
- https://openvpn.net/community/
posture de sécurité
Niveau de risque : orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.
Classificateur de risque
risque orange · confiance moyen · infrastructure
Pourquoi
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signaux
- metadata:service
- text:network
Comportement d'installation
- Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
- Les métadonnées de formule déclarent un service ou daemon.
- Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
- S’installe avec 4 dépendances d’exécution.
- Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.
Revue recommandée
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/OpenVPN~/Library/Application Support/Tunnelblick/Configurations- Unix
~/.openvpn$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/openvpn~/.config/openvpn
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/OpenVPN~/Library/Application Support/Tunnelblick/Configurations- Unix
~/.openvpn$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/openvpn~/.config/openvpn
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
openvpn | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Version et fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire2.7.5
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-07-02
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté
https://openvpn.net/community/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://openvpn.net/community/confiance none
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:openvpn |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.7.5 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/openvpn |
| Page d'accueil | https://openvpn.net/community/ |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn |
| Docs amont | https://openvpn.github.io/openvpn |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception |
| Archive source | https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/openvpn-2.7.5.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-07-02T16:40:57Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances | lz4, lzo, openssl@3, pkcs11-helper |
| Dépendances de compilation | pkgconf |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | declared |
faits du registre
Détails de la base source
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | openvpn |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
correspondances dans les bases sources
Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
Debian apt95%
openvpn 2.6.14-1+deb13u1
virtual private network daemon
sudo apt install openvpn- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 12 Dépendances
- 5 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
Nix95%
openvpn
nix profile install nixpkgs#openvpn- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
Ubuntu apt95%
openvpn 2.6.9-1ubuntu4
virtual private network daemon
sudo apt install openvpn- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 12 Dépendances
- 5 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
apk95%
openvpn 2.7.3-r0
Robust, and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network)
sudo apk add openvpn- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 1 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
apk95%
openvpn-auth-pam 2.7.3-r0
OpenVPN plugin for PAM authentication
sudo apk add openvpn-auth-pam- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 1 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
apk95%
openvpn-dev 2.7.3-r0
Robust, and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) (development files)
sudo apk add openvpn-dev- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 1 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
apk95%
openvpn-doc 2.7.3-r0
Robust, and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) (documentation)
sudo apk add openvpn-doc- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
apk95%
openvpn-openrc 2.7.3-r0
Robust, and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) (OpenRC init scripts)
sudo apk add openvpn-openrc- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
dnf95%
openvpn 2.7.4-1.fc45
A full-featured TLS VPN solution
https://community.openvpn.net/
sudo dnf install openvpn- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 19 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
dnf95%
openvpn-devel 2.7.4-1.fc45
Development headers and examples for OpenVPN plug-ins
https://community.openvpn.net/
sudo dnf install openvpn-devel- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: openvpn
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
pacman95%
openvpn 2.7.4-1
An easy-to-use, robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network)
https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source.html
sudo pacman -S openvpn- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- 15 Dépendances
- 2 dépendances optionnelles
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
zypper95%
openvpn 2.6.14-2.3
Full-featured SSL VPN solution using a TUN/TAP Interface
sudo zypper install openvpn- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Category: Productivity/Networking/Security
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 13 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
zypper95%
openvpn-auth-pam-plugin 2.6.14-2.3
OpenVPN auth-pam plugin
sudo zypper install openvpn-auth-pam-plugin- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Category: Productivity/Networking/Security
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 3 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
zypper95%
openvpn-devel 2.6.14-2.3
OpenVPN plugin header
sudo zypper install openvpn-devel- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 1 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
zypper95%
openvpn-down-root-plugin 2.6.14-2.3
OpenVPN down-root plugin
sudo zypper install openvpn-down-root-plugin- License: GPL-2.0-only WITH openvpn-openssl-exception
- Category: Productivity/Networking/Security
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: openvpn
- 2 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
Chocolatey95%
openvpn
choco install openvpn- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Openvpn
piste source
Généré depuis les données du dépôt
Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Sources utilisées
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated agent safety answer
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment