XPost: alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:48:23 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :   
      
      
   > There are literally thousands upon thousands of free openvpn config files   
   > on the Internet, many of which are rather slow (but they're fast enough for   
   > textual Usenet); so for those using them on a slow connection, this script   
   > I just wrote may be useful to you if your attempts time out unnecessarily.   
      
   For some of the thousands of free openvpen server config files out there, I   
   was still having trouble connecting due to timeouts - which took more work.   
      
   I've been testing the following which drastically cuts down on the number   
   of free openvpn config files which fail simply due to a timeout problem.   
      
   These get appended to the thousands of free openvpn config files   
   using the script posted in the opening post to append them in one step.   
      
    REM hand-window 120 ; extended TLS handshake wait (default=60)   
    REM connect-timeout 30 ; connection timeout (default=10)   
    REM connect-retry 10 ; retry delay (default=5)   
    REM connect-retry-max 5 ; max retries (default=8)   
    REM keepalive 10 60 ; ping every 10s, restart after 60s   
    REM tls-timeout 120 ; extends TLS negotiation timeout (default=60)   
    REM resolv-retry infinite ; retries DNS resolution if needed   
    REM auth-retry interact ; allows retries without restarting   
    REM explicit-exit-notify 2 ; informs UDP servers (only) on disconnect   
    REM nobind ; prevents binding to local addresses if IP changes   
    REM float ; allows client to accept server IP changes   
    REM pull-filter ignore "ping" ; ignore server ping override of 3   
    REM pull-filter ignore "ping-restart" ; ignore server ping override of 10   
      
   In addition, depending on the server, you can specify the uname/passwd in   
   two lines such as "vpn" on one line & "vpn" on the other line as needed.   
    REM auth-user-pass C:\\path\\to\\two-line_uname-passwd_file.txt   
      
   And, lastly, free VPN servers are notoriously fickle about ciphers, e.g.,   
    REM data-ciphers AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM:AES-128-CBC   
      
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