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Australia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Singapore are not mid-eastern countries and could be considered "western" countries for their alleged lifestyle and purposes (Turkey has been negotiating entering the EU since years and years ago, and they should know that a basic founding principles of the EU is the protection of human rights) or for their actual or theoretical legal framework based on protection of human rights (Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom) that have historically been promoted for the first time by western countries (and by United Kingdom itself in times that many forget too soon and too easily). Kind regards

Hello! Let's go from theory to practice, to see how applicable and not applicable is this law. So let's assume that an activity of a Netherlands server is allegedly infringing US laws. How do the investigators determine the identity of the computer who committed the alleged crime, to install spyware on it? They don't know anything about this user, just that he/she is somewhere on Earth. They could try to get a court order to install spyware on that server, or they could try to find out the computer of the owner of the datacenter or of the Air owner to install a spyware on them. Very hard, if not impossible, to obtain a court order authorizing that, but anyway even if they did, and even if they could successfully manage to infect the computer of the dc owner, the VPN server and the computer of Air owner, how could that help the investigation? How could that retrieve any information usable in a court for the original case? Kind regards

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that a new 1 Gbit/s server located in Austria is available: Alderamin. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new server, while if you use the OpenVPN client you can generate all the files to access it through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The server accepts connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 2018 UDP and TCP. Just like every other Air server, Alderamin supports OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that two new 1 Gbit/s servers located in Switzerland are available: Achernar and Sirrah. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new servers, while if you use the OpenVPN client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The servers accept connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 2018 UDP and TCP. Just like every other Air server, Achernar and Sirrah support OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that two new 1 Gbit/s servers located in Czech Republic are available: Centaurus and Turais. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new servers, while if you use the OpenVPN client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The servers accept connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 2018 UDP and TCP. Just like every other Air server, Centaurus and Turais support OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that two new 1 Gbit/s servers located in Belgium are available: Capricornus and Columba. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new servers, while if you use the OpenVPN client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The servers accept connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 2018 UDP and TCP. Just like every other Air server, Capricornus and Columba support OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team

Hello! That could be caused by a corrupt AirVPN.xml file (the configuration file). Try to delete it (with root privileges) while the Air client software Eddie is not running. Find out the location of the file by running Eddie and looking at the first log entries (click "Logs" tab). Take note of the path, shut down Eddie ("AirVPN" > "Exit"), open a terminal and type : sudo rm /complete/path/AirVPN.xml Kind regards

Hello! It's correct, Eddie UI probably won't work with Wayland, we have planned an investigation in the near future (it is probably related to Mono). You could run it in command line "mode" anyway: https://airvpn.org/topic/11541-command-line-edition-and-syntax/ About OpenVPN, the initialization sequence appears fine but DNS push is not taken care of. Have a look here: https://airvpn.org/topic/9608-how-to-accept-dns-push-on-linux-systems-with-resolvconf/ and then here (important): https://airvpn.org/topic/20554-dns-fails-resolvconf-not-updated/ If you prefer to run Eddie, it will take care of DNS by acting directly on /etc/resolv.conf Kind regards

General advices to fix the problem in OS X: reboot both the router and the systemif the problem persists try to "patch" the notorious OS X bug with WiFi. You might need to periodically re-apply the "patch". Probably not relevant if you connect your Mac with Ethernet. The bug affects all OS X versions and macOS Sierra. See below.Instructions to fix in various versions: http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/16/fix-wi-fi-problems-mac-os-x-el-capitan/ El Capitanhttp://osxdaily.com/2014/10/25/fix-wi-fi-problems-os-x-yosemite/ Yosemitehttp://osxdaily.com/2016/09/22/fix-wi-fi-problems-macos-sierra/ Sierrahttp://osxdaily.com/2012/11/30/resolving-stubborn-wi-fi-connection-problems-in-mac-os-x/ Mavericks and older OS X versionsOther possible specific causes: router blocking UDPsystem packet filtering tool blocking UDPISP blocking UDP For the last aforementioned cause the only solution is connecting in TCP, or OpenVPN over SSL or SSH. Kind regards

Which "modern" countries disallow this? Australia, China, Kuwait, Singapore, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Burma, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey. A special "mention" (not strictly related to your question) to Russia and Lithuania, in which any positive "mention" of homosexuality is a criminal infringement. North Korea is an outsider, useless to cite it, since no Internet connectivity is available to the citizens (they have an internal intranet with 30 approved web sites, according to an old ONI report in 2007). Kind regards

New version 2.11.9beta RC6 is now available. Changelog from 2.11.8beta RC5: [bugfix] Windows - Executable path detection fix if launched from terminal[bugfix] Windows - Start minimized[change] Windows - CLI edition doesn't throw an exception if stdin is under redirection[bugfix] Windows - Custom routes do not cause Network Lock failure anymore Kind regards

This is a non-existing issue on our side. Kind regards

Hello, select "AirVPN" > "About" menu item or look at the first log entry (click "Logs" after you have launched Eddie). Kind regards

Yes,, when "OpenVPN for Android" will implement a reliable "Seamless Tunnel" feature like openvpn-connect does, it will become probably a superior choice. Both use PolarSSL anyway. Kind regards

We can confirm this bug with a preliminary test, on Windows ONLY. WINDOWS USERS: IF YOU NEED NETWORK LOCK PLEASE DO NOT USE THE "ROUTES" FEATURE IN THE BETA CLIENT SOFTWARE UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION. EDIT: the above bug affects all versions for Windows from 2.11.3 to 2.11.8. Please upgrade to 2.11.9beta. Kind regards

Hello! There is a bug with Eddie 2.11.7 and immutable flag (fixed in 2.11.8). Can you please upgrade to Eddie 2.11.8 beta and check again? If the problem was caused by this bug, you should see the problem resolved. Kind regards

Hello, please make sure that: in "AirVPN" > "Preferences" > "Routes" the combo box "Not specified routes go:" is set to "Inside the VPN tunnel"the IP range for the routes outside the VPN is correctly set If in doubt please open a ticket and send us a system report ("Logs" > click life belt icon > paste) taken while the problem is occurring. Also note that IP addresses in "Outside Tunnel" are not "locked" by Network Lock. Kind regards

Not on systemd based systems like yours. The script you're using will work only on initd based systems. Use Eddie (only 2.11.x beta, because 2.10.3 is not compatible with Mono 4) or see here about the issue, as specified in our "How-To": https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenVPN#DNS Kind regards

We see thousands of downloads every day from the web site and no complaints or warning about malfunctions at all. The problem is not on our end, check your connectivity (including MTU) and try different browsers. Kind regards

Which is based on lies as we proved in a discussion in our forums (the identity of the account is confirmed). The author (account "thatoneprivacyguy" in the thread linked below) was unable to support his opinions. When he was put in front of compelling evidence all he was able to do was stating that he did not change his mind. This behavior made him lose any credibility. See yourself: https://airvpn.org/topic/19586-a-review-on-another-site/ Therefore you can't trust the author, unfortunately not even when he writes good things about us. By the way, the web site lacks the most essential information about VPN settings and security (it does not even say if VPN gateway and DNS IP addresses match or not, for example, or how OpenVPN is exactly configured). Not to mention the hilarious "No" AirVPN got in some boxes, like "Gives back to privacy causes" (compare our mission https://airvpn.org/mission and who we are to check what a macroscopic lie it is). Kind regards

Personally I would stop using AirVPN's UK servers from within the UK. also move your email provider elsewhere, preferably to a datacentre in the same country as your VPN. Your traffic is anonymous, but they'll be sniffing your mail as it leaves the data centre. And of course always encrypt mail content with gpg. Kind regards

Hello! Can you be more specific? Do you mean that Network Lock does not "lock" anymore anything else? Kind regards

Hello! $ airvpn -cli -help | grep buf openvpn.sndbuf TCP/UDP send buffer size. Special values: '-2': Automatic, '-1': OpenVPN default. Default: '-2' openvpn.rcvbuf TCP/UDP receive buffer size. Special values: '-2': Automatic, '-1': OpenVPN default. Default: '-2' WARNING: only in Eddie 2.11.x. Kind regards

"Start minimized" bug in Windows confirmed. Under investigation. Kind regards

Hello, 1) enlarge considerably torrent client RAM buffer, so that it writes to the HDD less frequently 2) if you have an asymmetric line make sure that the upload bw of the torrent client does not choke the line (set stricter limits from the torrent client options) 3) if you have some file system that has no effective algorithm to avoid fragmentation, defragment the HDD 4) consider zhang888 suggestion. If you have USB 3, even a good USB key might be enough. Make sure to take one that can support at least 28 MB/s in writing and set the external storage in the torrent client options. Kind regards