Bug#873230: ITP: openvpn-auth-script -- OpenVPN script authentication module

[Bernhard Schmidt <berni@debian.org>]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 09:20:47AM -0700, Troy Ready wrote:

Hi Troy,

> * Package name    : openvpn-auth-script
>   Version         : 0.0.1
>   Upstream Author : Caius Durling <dev@caius.name>
> * URL             : https://github.com/fac/auth-script-openvpn
> * License         : Apache 2.0
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : OpenVPN script authentication module
> 
> Runs an external script to decide whether to authenticate a user or not.
> Useful for checking 2FA on VPN auth attempts as it doesn't block the
> main openvpn process, unlike passing the script to the
> auth-user-pass-verify flag.
> 
> This plugin provides a significant improvement over the native OpenVPN
> script auth functionality. I would love to see it included in Debian,
> and would be happy to maintain it myself or as part of a team.

Jörg Frings-Fürst and me have recently taken over the openvpn
maintenance. There is no formal team yet (mainly due to no need and
waiting for the Alioth replacement to form), but please do feel very
much invited to join forces here.

Bernhard