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On older versions of OpenVPN, the comp-lzo option is necessary to connect instead of an embedded certification. 

 We offer config files using the old comp-lzo option, as well as an embedded cert, available here.  

 (Note: Disregard the mention of iOS on this page — these config files contain an embedded CA which sets them apart from our other available config files.)  

 These config files should allow you to connect on your router without modification.  You can also find the OVPN we recommend using for AsusWRT below (similar to the ones above): 

 client 

dev tun 

proto tcp 

remote 66.55.134.219 443 

resolv-retry infinite 

nobind 

persist-key 

persist-tun 

<ca>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- 

MIID2jCCA0OgAwIBAgIJAOtqMkR2JSXrMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIGlMQswCQYD 

VQQGEwJVUzELMAkGA1UECBMCT0gxETAPBgNVBAcTCENvbHVtYnVzMSAwHgYDVQQK 

ExdQcml2YXRlIEludGVybmV0IEFjY2VzczEjMCEGA1UEAxMaUHJpdmF0ZSBJbnRl 

cm5ldCBBY2Nlc3MgQ0ExLzAtBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWIHNlY3VyZUBwcml2YXRlaW50 

ZXJuZXRhY2Nlc3MuY29tMB4XDTEwMDgyMTE4MjU1NFoXDTIwMDgxODE4MjU1NFow 

gaUxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMQswCQYDVQQIEwJPSDERMA8GA1UEBxMIQ29sdW1idXMx 

IDAeBgNVBAoTF1ByaXZhdGUgSW50ZXJuZXQgQWNjZXNzMSMwIQYDVQQDExpQcml2 

YXRlIEludGVybmV0IEFjY2VzcyBDQTEvMC0GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYgc2VjdXJlQHBy 

aXZhdGVpbnRlcm5ldGFjY2Vzcy5jb20wgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJ 

AoGBAOlVlkHcxfN5HAswpryG7AN9CvcvVzcXvSEo91qAl/IE8H0knKZkIAhe/z3m 

hz0t91dBHh5yfqwrXlGiyilplVB9tfZohvcikGF3G6FFC9j40GKP0/d22JfR2vJt 

4/5JKRBlQc9wllswHZGmPVidQbU0YgoZl00bAySvkX/u1005AgMBAAGjggEOMIIB 

CjAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUl8qwY2t+GN0pa/wfq+YODsxgVQkwgdoGA1UdIwSB0jCBz4AU 

l8qwY2t+GN0pa/wfq+YODsxgVQmhgaukgagwgaUxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMQswCQYD 

VQQIEwJPSDERMA8GA1UEBxMIQ29sdW1idXMxIDAeBgNVBAoTF1ByaXZhdGUgSW50 

ZXJuZXQgQWNjZXNzMSMwIQYDVQQDExpQcml2YXRlIEludGVybmV0IEFjY2VzcyBD 

QTEvMC0GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYgc2VjdXJlQHByaXZhdGVpbnRlcm5ldGFjY2Vzcy5j 

b22CCQDrajJEdiUl6zAMBgNVHRMEBTADAQH/MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GBAByH 

atXgZzjFO6qctQWwV31P4qLelZzYndoZ7olY8ANPxl7jlP3YmbE1RzSnWtID9Gge 

fsKHi1jAS9tNP2E+DCZiWcM/5Y7/XKS/6KvrPQT90nM5klK9LfNvS+kFabMmMBe2 

llQlzAzFiIfabACTQn84QLeLOActKhK8hFJy2Gy6 

-----END CERTIFICATE----- 

</ca>cipher bf-cbc 

auth sha1 

tls-client 

remote-cert-tls server 

auth-user-pass 

comp-lzo 

verb 1 

reneg-sec 0 

<crl-verify>-----BEGIN X509 CRL----- 

MIIBkzCB/TANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQ0FADCBpTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxCzAJBgNVBAgT 

Ak9IMREwDwYDVQQHEwhDb2x1bWJ1czEgMB4GA1UEChMXUHJpdmF0ZSBJbnRlcm5l 

dCBBY2Nlc3MxIzAhBgNVBAMTGlByaXZhdGUgSW50ZXJuZXQgQWNjZXNzIENBMS8w 

LQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFiBzZWN1cmVAcHJpdmF0ZWludGVybmV0YWNjZXNzLmNvbRcN 

MTYwNzA4MTkwMDQ2WhcNMzYwNzAzMTkwMDQ2WjAmMBECAQEXDDE2MDcwODE5MDA0 

NjARAgEGFwwxNjA3MDgxOTAwNDYwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQENBQADgYEALc0LlIZ8BbDq 

7nyyS6VSiiYv6gKb1H2IV4neLXkiMcij9VLnLFrsO+RRZMXXcWGeE/WssYYVCugO 

OTCCie8HtNRe5UItO59a8f6mhN/WMbZYGKG7qG7pjrnMI34czbrHl0SOuJhOunoJ 

DAVtqbc8RJNEmepIxJfLXgDaUKoJaJs= 

-----END X509 CRL----- 

</crl-verify> 


In addition, information on using PIA DNS in custom configurations can be found here.