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Which encryption/auth settings should I use for ports on your gateways?

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These are the protocol, encryption cipher, auth hash and CA settings that should be used for ports on our gateways in a stock OpenVPN setup. The CRL is not necessary, but we recommend using it to prevent connecting to a discontinued server. The settings here do not apply for any of the PIA apps.

We recommend using ports 1198, 1197, 502 and 501 with AES encryption. We also generally recommend using our OpenVPN configuration files if possible.

You are also able to use GCM ciphers (such as AES-128-GCM) on all of these ports. Simply change the cipher, and also add the line 'ncp-disable' to your config file.

To download the root CA certificate or CRL, right-click on the name and select "Save link as".

Port

Protocol
Encryption
Auth Hash
Root CA
CRL
501
TCP
AES-256-CBC
SHA256
502
TCP
AES-128-CBC
SHA1
1197
UDP
AES-256-CBC
SHA256
1198
UDP
AES-128-CBC
SHA1