Non-printable character error when adding OpenVPN config

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Ove

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Jul 25, 2013, 1:46:38 PM7/25/13
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I encountered a problem that didn't exist until upgrading to 3.3.0 (build 3518). The problem is adding a new vpn configuration. I use pfsense as my vpn server and generate the config including certificate and key using its export utility. If I add a new config after upgrading to 3.3.0 it will give me an error prompting to look at the console log. The error itself is:
There was a problem with one or more configurations. Details are in the Console Log

This is what it prints to the console:

7/25/13 12:22:24.040 PM Tunnelblick[3417]: Error in xxxxxxx.p12 (referenced in xxxx.tblk): Line 1 of the file contains a non-printable character (0xFFFFFF82) which is not allowed.

However, if I try importing the same config under the beta version that I had been using, there is no such problem. All the old configs that existed prior to upgrading also continue working.
I'm running 10.8.4 as my OS. Any ideas about what the problem could be?

jkbull...gmail.com

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Jul 25, 2013, 2:25:17 PM7/25/13
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Thanks for your report. I think you found a bug -- .p12 is a binary format and shouldn't be tested for non-printable characters.

You will need to revert to Tunnelbick 3.3beta54 or earlier to skip this test.

jkbull...gmail.com

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Jul 26, 2013, 11:56:04 AM7/26/13
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I have fixed this in the source code; the fix will be in the next beta release and in 3.3.1.

Thanks again for reporting this problem.

jkbull...gmail.com

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Aug 7, 2013, 3:48:35 PM8/7/13
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This is fixed in Tunnelblick 3.4beta02, available on the Downloads page.
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