Ubuntu 16.04 64bit – OpenVPN and SafeNet iKey 5100 token

My company allows remote connection to some computers by OpenVPN, but you have to use SafeNet iKey 5100 token. There is small tutorial how can you install and configure OpenVPN with iKey 5100 token and how to modify windows *.ovpn files to be a Linux compatible.

Important note: OpenVPN contains bug and it doesn’t work with systemd and pkcs11 token. This is our case, Ubuntu 16.04 use systemd and SafeNet has pkcs11 API. This bug should be fixed in OpenVPN 2.5. You can find more informatinon at: https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/538

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Required software installation

1. Open terminal and run command

   sudo apt-get install openvpn opensc

2. Install SAC 9 version

   sudo dpkg -i SafenetAuthenticationClient-9.0.43-0_amd64.deb

SafeNet iKey 5100 validation

1. Open SafeNet authentication client
2. Check your token info
   
3. If you cannot see token info, restart your computer

Gets SafeNet iKey 5100 certificate ID

1. Open terminal and run command

   openvpn --show-pkcs11-ids /usr/lib/libeTPkcs11.so

2. You should see similar output

   Certificate
    DN: C=XX, L=City, O=Company, OU=DEV, CN=John Dove GVPN
    Serial: 431B6D0E0003000003AB
    Serialized id: SafeNet\x2C\x20Inc\x2E/eToken/0223253a/John\x20Dove\x205100/9C92935DE546178D

3. We will use “Serialized id” attribute in our VPN.ovpn file

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OpenVPN configuration

1. I received from my company these files for OpenVPN:
   • VPN.ovpn – configuration file for Windows OpenVPN
   • gvpn_ca.cer – CA certificate
   • ta.key – key file

   You should have similar files too

2. Copy these files to “/etc/openvpn” folder
3. Open /etc/openvpn/VPN.ovpn in editor e.g. by command

    sudo nano /etc/openvpn/VPN.ovpn

4. My original VPN.ovpn file looked like this

   client
   dev tun
   proto udp
   remote 111.111.111.1 1111
   resolv-retry infinite
   persist-key
   persist-tun
   redirect-gateway
   tls-remote ovpn.server.com
   redirect-gateway
   ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\gvpn_ca.cer"
   cryptoapicert "SUBJ:John Dove GVPN"
   tls-auth ta.key 1
   comp-lzo
   verb 4

5. You should modify file to this (I modified only bold lines)

   client
   dev tun
   proto udp
   remote 111.111.111.1 1111
   resolv-retry infinite
   persist-key
   persist-tun
   redirect-gateway
   tls-remote ovpn.server.com
   redirect-gateway
   pkcs11-providers /usr/lib/libeTPkcs11.so
   pkcs11-id 'SafeNet\x2C\x20Inc\x2E/eToken/0223253a/John\x20Dove\x205100/9C92935DE546178D'
   tls-auth /etc/openvpn/ta.key 1
   comp-lzo
   verb 4
   

   "pkcs11-id" is  "Serialized id" attribute from command "openvpn --show-pkcs11-ids /usr/lib/libeTPkcs11.so"

Connection to OpenVPN network

1. In terminal run command

    sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/VPN.ovpn --ca /etc/openvpn/gvpn_ca.cer

2. When you will see similar lines

   Wed Apr 23 09:39:40 2014 us=105713 VERIFY X509NAME OK: /C=XX/L=City/O=Company/OU=central/CN=vpn.server.xx
   Wed Apr 23 09:39:40 2014 us=105725 VERIFY OK: depth=0, /C=XX/L=City/O=Company/OU=central/CN=vpn.server.xx
   Enter John Dove token Password:
   

   write PIN password and hit ENTER

3. When you will see lines

   Wed Apr 23 09:40:23 2014 us=121821 /sbin/ip route add 177.1.0.0/18 via 192.20.2.214
   Wed Apr 23 09:40:30 2014 us=511121 /sbin/ip route add 192.20.2.2/32 via 192.20.2.214
   Wed Apr 23 09:40:37 2014 us=934387 Initialization Sequence Completed

   you are successfully connected

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