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[feature] Add support for tls-crypt instead of tls-auth #252

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OpenVPN 2.4 onwards supports the tls-crypt option instead of tls-auth.
It would be great if OpenWISP would support this feature instead of just tls-auth.

From the OpenVPN 2.5. manual:

  • Encrypt and authenticate all control channel packets with the key from keyfile. (See --tls-auth for more background.)
  • Encrypting (and authenticating) control channel packets:
    • provides more privacy by hiding the certificate used for the TLS connection,
    • makes it harder to identify OpenVPN traffic as such,
    • provides "poor-man's" post-quantum security, against attackers who will never know the pre-shared key (i.e. no forward secrecy).
  • In contrast to --tls-auth, --tls-crypt does not require the user to set --key-direction.

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