Eddie Bootstrap Failed and stuck on checking authorization

[xistal_ 0]

For awhile now, it has been very inconsistent to connect to AirVPN with Eddie. It doesn't matter if I switch the protocol port, it still gets stuck on checking authorization. I am on an enterprise network at my university and am opening a ticket because the bootstrap fails and it says to open one if you're behind a restrictive firewall, which it appears I am. I have attached logs. Thank you

Eddie_20250327_155105.txtFetching info...

[OpenSourcerer 1467]

TCP/443 should always work, otherwise HTTPS wouldn't work anywhere. Try that.

[xistal_ 0]

TCP/443 does not work OpenSourcerer

[Staff 10114]

  On 3/27/2025 at 9:39 PM, OpenSourcerer said:

TCP/443 should always work, otherwise HTTPS wouldn't work anywhere.

Hello!

Unfortunately not, OpenVPN over TCP to port 443, even when OpenVPN works over tls-crypt, is discernible from HTTPS if you know where to look at.
 

  On 3/28/2025 at 5:33 AM, xistal_ said:

TCP/443 does not work OpenSourcerer

In this case you can try a better approximation with OpenVPN over stunnel (TLS), again to port 443 but also to port 53. It's not impossible, but it's harder to distinguish this connection mode to port 443 from HTTPS; also, sometimes packets to outbound port 53 are not blocked. If both attempts fail, you can try OpenVPN over SSH: if SSH is not restricted and if the VPN server entry-IP addresses are not blocked this connection mode will work.

Kind regards
 

[xistal_ 0]

This does not appear to work either. It still says checking authorization.

  On 3/28/2025 at 9:16 AM, Staff said:

Hello!

Unfortunately not, OpenVPN over TCP to port 443, even when OpenVPN works over tls-crypt, is discernible from HTTPS if you know where to look at.
 
In this case you can try a better approximation with OpenVPN over stunnel (TLS), again to port 443 but also to port 53. It's not impossible, but it's harder to distinguish this connection mode to port 443 from HTTPS; also, sometimes packets to outbound port 53 are not blocked. If both attempts fail, you can try OpenVPN over SSH: if SSH is not restricted and if the VPN server entry-IP addresses are not blocked this connection mode will work.

Kind regards
 

[Staff 10114]

  On 4/1/2025 at 7:31 AM, xistal_ said:

This does not appear to work either. It still says checking authorization.

Hello!

Please upgrade to Eddie 2.24.6 (latest stable release), try again and in case of failure publish a system report according to the instructions available here:
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/50663-youve-been-asked-for-a-support-filesystem-report-%E2%80%93-heres-what-to-do/

Kind regards