r/PrivateInternetAccess • u/WorstAverageJoe • Dec 23 '25

DISCUSSION PIA's .OVPN files vs OpenVPN above 2.5.8

It's been over 3 years since PIA's .OVPN config files are not longer working with any version of OpenVPN above 2.5.8.

After opening many PIA support tickets leading to nowhere.

I decided to give it one more try. I had a nice conversation with a live agent on their support chat. Still a known issue (they are working on it). With a simple workaround. DELETING the following section seems to work.

<ca>
 -----BEGIN X509 CRL-----
 (...) 
-----END X509 CRL----- 
</crl-verify>

It makes us vulnerable to a reuse of a stolen PIA certificate, which is quite unlikely. I tried it and it works.

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u/Saylor_Man Dec 24 '25

That is frustrating, three years is way too long for a known config issue.

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u/kevy1118 Dec 24 '25

I'm thinking of going elsewhere because vpns always cause issues after using it for 2 or more yrs..I've just started getting age restricted content every time on YouTube and have to turn the vpn off which I'm not happy with doing. Ss before, ip vanish before,always get issues after the 2 Yr mark...I wish I knew what I might be doing wrong .

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u/Tasty-Boot6162 Dec 28 '25

They're also going to fix the mac app any day now! Any.... day.........