VPN set up iOS 14

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Created Sep ’20

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Till iOS 13.7 , we could successfully used OpenVPN protocol by importing .ovpn configuration inside OpenVPN mobile app.
We upgraded our phone to iOS 14 and OpenVPN connection is not working . In fact it also blocks other sites like google as well.

iOS 14 :

Is there any way by which we can skip Open VPN protocol , can skip any third party VPN app and use other protocols like IKEv2 / IPsec / L2TP available in device settings.
Can any one point me to a proper documentation explaining the details to be filled in settings for using any of IKEv2 / IPsec / L2TP protocols ?
Is there any security threat in skipping Open VPN protocol and start using IKEv2 / IPsec / L2TP . Documentation of the same would be a great help for us.

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Systems Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’20

You will need to work out how you deal with your OpenVPN configuration, but on the client side you can go to either the NEVPNManager to look at creating a personal VPN on an iOS device, or you can look into the MDM profile references for how this is done that do go cover IKEv2 / IPsec / L2TP.

NEVPNManager
An object to create and manage a Personal VPN configuration.
<https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/nevpnmanager>

Configuration Profile Reference (Take a look at Page 92)
<https://developer.apple.com/business/documentation/Configuration-Profile-Reference.pdf>

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
meaton3@apple.com

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