diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/openvpn-routed/Cipher b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/openvpn-routed/Cipher
index f2defb7..a4abe4d 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/openvpn-routed/Cipher
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/openvpn-routed/Cipher
@@ -1 +1 @@
-AES-128-CBC
+AES-256-GCM
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/35encryption b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/35encryption
index 0bc25fd..9d4d955 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/35encryption
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/35encryption
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 {
     #HMAC default is SHA1 if empty, we really want higher on new setup, but keep empty for default on existing one...
     # need to be changed on both side
-    my $HMAC = ( ${'openvpn-routed'}{'HMAC'} ) ?  ${'openvpn-routed'}{'HMAC'} : undef;
+    # SME 11 has openvpn2.4 which still default to sha1, as 2025, we force next default sha256
+    my $HMAC = ( ${'openvpn-routed'}{'HMAC'} ) ?  ${'openvpn-routed'}{'HMAC'} : SHA256;
     # cipher default to BF if empty,  we really want higher on new setup, but keep empty for default on existing one...
     # # here openvpn uses encrypt-then-mc so no issue using CBC rather than GCM, and GCM not implemented before openvpn 2.4 for data channel
-    my $cipher = ( ${'openvpn-routed'}{'Cipher'} && ${'openvpn-routed'}{'Cipher'} ne 'auto')? ${'openvpn-routed'}{'Cipher'}  : undef;
+    # SME11 we force GCM AES-256-GCM
+    my $cipher = ( ${'openvpn-routed'}{'Cipher'} && ${'openvpn-routed'}{'Cipher'} ne 'auto')? ${'openvpn-routed'}{'Cipher'}  : 'AES-256-GCM';
 
     ## we do not want any tls 1.1 or lower, this does not break anything to force, unless the client is very old and limited to 1.1 or lower
     my $tlsVmin = (  ${'openvpn-routed'}{'tlsVmin'} && ( ${'openvpn-routed'}{'tlsVmin'} =~ /^1\.[0-9]{1}$/  ) ) ? ${'openvpn-routed'}{'tlsVmin'}  : "1.2";
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/60options b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/60options
index 6cb7327..e045d6c 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/60options
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf/60options
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 
 my $tunMtu = ${'openvpn-routed'}{Mtu} || '';
 my $fragment = ${'openvpn-routed'}{Fragment} || '';
-my $redirectGW = ${'openvpn-routed'}{RedirectGateway} || '';
 my $proto = ${'openvpn-routed'}{Protocol} || 'udp';
 my $duplicate = ${'openvpn-routed'}{DuplicateCN} || 'disabled';
 my $passtos = ${'openvpn-routed'}{PassTOS} || 'enabled';
-my $compress = ${'openvpn-routed'}{Compression} || 'enabled';
+my $compress = ${'openvpn-routed'}{Compression} || 'disabled';
 
 if ($proto eq 'tcp'){
     $mtuTest = 'disabled';
diff --git a/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/openvpn-routed b/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/openvpn-routed
index ea4205d..fc7819b 100644
--- a/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/openvpn-routed
+++ b/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/openvpn-routed
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ if [[ ! -f /etc/openvpn/routed/pub/cacrl.pem && -f /etc/openvpn/bridge/pub/cacrl
   fi
 fi
 
+# to use localtime to log
+/usr/bin/cp -f /etc/localtime /etc/openvpn/routed/etc/
+mkdir -p /etc/openvpn/routed/usr/share
+cp -af /usr/share/zoneinfo /etc/openvpn/routed/usr/share
+
 if [ ! -z "$( ls -A '/etc/openvpn/routed/priv/' )" ]; then
     chmod 0600 /etc/openvpn/routed/priv/*
     chown root:admin /etc/openvpn/routed/priv/* 
@@ -33,3 +38,4 @@ if [ ! -z "$( ls -A '/etc/openvpn/routed/pub/' )" ]; then
     chmod 0644 /etc/openvpn/routed/pub/*
     chown root:admin /etc/openvpn/routed/pub/*
 fi
+exit 0
diff --git a/root/var/service/openvpn-routed/log/run b/root/var/service/openvpn-routed/log/run
deleted file mode 100644
index 0479041..0000000
--- a/root/var/service/openvpn-routed/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-exec                                    \
-    /usr/local/bin/setuidgid smelog     \
-    /usr/local/bin/multilog t s5000000  \
-    /var/log/openvpn-routed
diff --git a/root/var/service/openvpn-routed/run b/root/var/service/openvpn-routed/run
deleted file mode 100644
index e78ed1e..0000000
--- a/root/var/service/openvpn-routed/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-exec 2>&1
-
-exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/routed/openvpn.conf --cd /etc/openvpn/routed
diff --git a/smeserver-openvpn-routed.spec b/smeserver-openvpn-routed.spec
index afd2be3..d8e0be1 100644
--- a/smeserver-openvpn-routed.spec
+++ b/smeserver-openvpn-routed.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: OpenVPN, a strong VPN solution build over SSL, pre-configured for routed mode
 Name: smeserver-openvpn-routed
 %define version 0.1.6
-%define release 9
+%define release 10
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: GPL
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ to have a full working openvpn server running in routed mode.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 02 2025 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 0.1.6-10.sme
+- set lzo compression as disabled [SME: 13123]
+- set default hmac sha256 and ciphers AES-256-GCM [SME: 13115]
+  remove BF-CBC
+- remove /var/service/openvpn-routed [SME: 12379]
+- use locatime to log connexions [SME: 13128]
+
 * Fri Aug 29 2025 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 0.1.6-9.sme
 - fix service unit permission issues [SME: 12258]