ocserv
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The facts
Each one read from ocserv's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access model
- vpnchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Accounting and management
- Connected users can be managed with occtl, and the manual describes RADIUS accounting support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Admin control level
- standardchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Authentication
- It supports password authentication through PAM or a password file, as well as certificate authentication.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Client isolation
- Each client is isolated in a separate process with its own networking device and IP address.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The manual says the server has been tested with the OpenConnect client and is also compatible with certain Cisco AnyConnect clients when compatibility options are configured.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compression
- The feature list states that ocserv does not support compression.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- Released versions are available as source tarballs, and the latest source code is available from the Git repository.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- Released versions are available as FTP downloads, release tarballs are PGP-signed, and the server depends on GnuTLS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation dependency
- The server depends on GnuTLS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integration options
- The project documents authentication setups for RADIUS, PAM, Kerberos, and FreeIPA.checked 12 Oct 2026
- IP support
- It supports both IPv4 and IPv6.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Key storage
- The server key can be stored in a TPM, hardware security module, or smart card.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The manual states that the program is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Networking limit
- ocserv does not perform packet forwarding or filtering between networks; the server needs the required routes or firewall rules configured.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Network support
- The server supports both IPv4 and IPv6.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The features page lists no support for compression as a feature.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privilege separation
- The authentication process is separated from worker processes, which run unprivileged.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- ocserv is a GNU/Linux server that implements the AnyConnect SSL VPN protocol and is compatible with the OpenConnect VPN client.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restart behavior
- Persistent cookie storage allows a seamless server restart.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Site-to-site networking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- Users can ask for help on the project mailing list without subscribing, and posts must be plain text.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Tunneling
- It supports TCP and UDP VPN tunnels using TLS 1.2 and Datagram TLS, with TCP/TLS available as a backup if UDP is unavailable.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Linuxchecked 22 Sep 2026
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