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Unfortunately we will not operate in Australia because of the infamous anti-encryption law, we're sorry, but yes, we are going to seriously consider more bandwidth in New Zealand.

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Version 2.23.2
[bugfix] [macOS] Fixed an issue with disk .DMG build [change] [Windows] curl 8.2.1 [change] [macOS] Preferences > WireGuard > MTU [bugfix] [all] Fix for exit failures [change] [all] OpenVPN 2.6.6 [change] [all] Minor fixes and code cleanup, preparation to net7 upgrade This version will be considered stable as soon as possible.
Other issues reported in tickets or in this topic are under investigation.

Hello!
 
The main reason of complaints and black list presence of IP addresses are attacks via HTTP(S) and spam mails. A server with blocked outbound ports 80 and 443 blocked would be avoided by anyone, we think, while we might consider to block outbound ports 465 and 587 (outbound port 25 is already blocked on all servers) and renounce to our fight to defend net neutrality. This will require however a mission as well as Terms of Service modification, as noted by @OpenSourcerer , so it's not a viable solution for the current management administration and the contracts with our current users.
 
Out there you can already find tons of VPNs which violate net neutrality by inspecting your traffic and blocking (or shaping) applications, protocols and ports. Or you can just use your own ISP. The peculiarity of AirVPN is that it doesn't enforce that rubbish.. If one asks for traffic inspection, ports blocking and so on and so forth to get a "cleaner" IP address, then he/she probably "deserves" a pervasive surveillance and must take into account that his/her personal information and his/her behavior will be sooner or later used against him/her, as it already happened to millions and millions of people around the world in the last years.
 
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@Tubular

Hello!

Please note that the OP talks about Eddie Android edition, while "Lock current" is a feature of Eddie Desktop edition which forces a lock on the VPN tunnel, therefore preventing leaks but also preventing re-connections of course. This option is obsolete and even uncomfortable on Android 8 and higher versions. Actually it is disabled by default.
Please feel free to open a ticket or a new thread, anyway be informed that "Lock current" forces Eddie Desktop edition to re-connect always to the last server it was connected to.
The original problem of the OP was resolved by disabling "VPN Lock". A new problem arose but it's not related to the previous one, so this thread can be locked.

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2023-11-02
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Hello!

We reluctantly have to announce gloomy news to you all: Spooky Halloween Deals are now available in AirVPN...
 

 
Save up to 74% on AirVPN longer plans (*)
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Check all plans and discounts here: https://airvpn.org/plans

If you're already our customer and you wish to jump aboard for a longer period any additional plan will be added on top of already existing subscriptions and you will not lose any day.

Every plan gives you all the features that made AirVPN a nightmare for snoopers and a scary service for competitors. Just check this frighteningly long list of terrific features if you dare:
a clear mission without compromises https://airvpn.org/mission WireGuard support exclusive and very flexible, opt-in block lists against malware and other hostile entities. Pick predefined lists, add exceptions or additional blocks, define your own lists, or just use our totally neutral DNS by default improved API functions to let you control and configure VPN features and account settings active OpenVPN 3 AirVPN library open source development IPv6 support, including IPv6 over IPv4 configurable remote port forwarding refined load balancing to squeeze every last bit per second from VPN servers free and open source software for Android, Linux, Mac and Windows easy "Configuration Generator" web interface for access through third party software guaranteed minimum bandwidth allocation GDPR compliance and very high privacy protection standards no log and/or inspection of clients' traffic effective traffic leaks prevention by AirVPN software Tor support via AirVPN software on Linux, Mac and Windows various cryptocurrencies accepted without any intermediary no obligation to use our free and open source software to enter AirVPN infrastructure. Interoperability is an AirVPN priority. perfectly clear and easy to read Privacy Notice and Terms https://airvpn.org/privacy
No tricks, only treats!

We witch you a spooktacular Halloween!

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Hello!

We reluctantly have to announce gloomy news to you all: Spooky Halloween Deals are now available in AirVPN...
 

 
Save up to 74% on AirVPN longer plans (*)
(*) When compared to 1 month plan price
 
Check all plans and discounts here: https://airvpn.org/plans

If you're already our customer and you wish to jump aboard for a longer period any additional plan will be added on top of already existing subscriptions and you will not lose any day.

Every plan gives you all the features that made AirVPN a nightmare for snoopers and a scary service for competitors. Just check this frighteningly long list of terrific features if you dare:
a clear mission without compromises https://airvpn.org/mission WireGuard support exclusive and very flexible, opt-in block lists against malware and other hostile entities. Pick predefined lists, add exceptions or additional blocks, define your own lists, or just use our totally neutral DNS by default improved API functions to let you control and configure VPN features and account settings active OpenVPN 3 AirVPN library open source development IPv6 support, including IPv6 over IPv4 configurable remote port forwarding refined load balancing to squeeze every last bit per second from VPN servers free and open source software for Android, Linux, Mac and Windows easy "Configuration Generator" web interface for access through third party software guaranteed minimum bandwidth allocation GDPR compliance and very high privacy protection standards no log and/or inspection of clients' traffic effective traffic leaks prevention by AirVPN software Tor support via AirVPN software on Linux, Mac and Windows various cryptocurrencies accepted without any intermediary no obligation to use our free and open source software to enter AirVPN infrastructure. Interoperability is an AirVPN priority. perfectly clear and easy to read Privacy Notice and Terms https://airvpn.org/privacy
No tricks, only treats!

We witch you a spooktacular Halloween!

Grim regards & datathrills
AirVPN Staff

Hello!

We reluctantly have to announce gloomy news to you all: Spooky Halloween Deals are now available in AirVPN...
 

 
Save up to 74% on AirVPN longer plans (*)
(*) When compared to 1 month plan price
 
Check all plans and discounts here: https://airvpn.org/plans

If you're already our customer and you wish to jump aboard for a longer period any additional plan will be added on top of already existing subscriptions and you will not lose any day.

Every plan gives you all the features that made AirVPN a nightmare for snoopers and a scary service for competitors. Just check this frighteningly long list of terrific features if you dare:
a clear mission without compromises https://airvpn.org/mission WireGuard support exclusive and very flexible, opt-in block lists against malware and other hostile entities. Pick predefined lists, add exceptions or additional blocks, define your own lists, or just use our totally neutral DNS by default improved API functions to let you control and configure VPN features and account settings active OpenVPN 3 AirVPN library open source development IPv6 support, including IPv6 over IPv4 configurable remote port forwarding refined load balancing to squeeze every last bit per second from VPN servers free and open source software for Android, Linux, Mac and Windows easy "Configuration Generator" web interface for access through third party software guaranteed minimum bandwidth allocation GDPR compliance and very high privacy protection standards no log and/or inspection of clients' traffic effective traffic leaks prevention by AirVPN software Tor support via AirVPN software on Linux, Mac and Windows various cryptocurrencies accepted without any intermediary no obligation to use our free and open source software to enter AirVPN infrastructure. Interoperability is an AirVPN priority. perfectly clear and easy to read Privacy Notice and Terms https://airvpn.org/privacy
No tricks, only treats!

We witch you a spooktacular Halloween!

Grim regards & datathrills
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We're not aware of any security concern as they are layers "on top" of well tested tunnels without known vulnerabilities. Currently Russia and China users can access AirVPN, however should the need arise we strongly recommend Tor with private bridges with various pluggable transports. We have invested a lot on Tor infrastructure (see our mission), including support for an important amount of worldwide Tor exit nodes traffic, and Tor is free for everybody. No matter the obfuscation technique employed, a country or ISP can block any VPN service (and other services operated by small or average sized companies) by harvesting and blocking its servers IP addresses, a task which, on the contrary, becomes quite difficult with Tor, where volunteers all around the world set up private Tor bridges every day.
https://bridges.torproject.org/

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Version 2.23.2
[bugfix] [macOS] Fixed an issue with disk .DMG build [change] [Windows] curl 8.2.1 [change] [macOS] Preferences > WireGuard > MTU [bugfix] [all] Fix for exit failures [change] [all] OpenVPN 2.6.6 [change] [all] Minor fixes and code cleanup, preparation to net7 upgrade This version will be considered stable as soon as possible.
Other issues reported in tickets or in this topic are under investigation.

Version 2.23.2
[bugfix] [macOS] Fixed an issue with disk .DMG build [change] [Windows] curl 8.2.1 [change] [macOS] Preferences > WireGuard > MTU [bugfix] [all] Fix for exit failures [change] [all] OpenVPN 2.6.6 [change] [all] Minor fixes and code cleanup, preparation to net7 upgrade This version will be considered stable as soon as possible.
Other issues reported in tickets or in this topic are under investigation.

Hello!
 
On Amazon Fire TV Stick (1st and 2nd generation) and Fire TV Cube, as well as other Amazon devices running Android 5.1 or higher versions, you can run Eddie Android edition, which is also available on the Amazon appstore. No side load is necessary now.
 
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Version 2.23.2
[bugfix] [macOS] Fixed an issue with disk .DMG build [change] [Windows] curl 8.2.1 [change] [macOS] Preferences > WireGuard > MTU [bugfix] [all] Fix for exit failures [change] [all] OpenVPN 2.6.6 [change] [all] Minor fixes and code cleanup, preparation to net7 upgrade This version will be considered stable as soon as possible.
Other issues reported in tickets or in this topic are under investigation.

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Pros: in case of disconnection, Eddie will re-connect to the same server and your seeding IP address will not change on the swarm, allowing immediate re-connections by all peers that discovered you.
Cons: if the server your system is connected to goes down Eddie will not be able to re-connect (Network Lock will anyway prevent any possible traffic leak).

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@brianperplexis

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We noticed that you deleted the old key(s) and created a new one. When you do so, you need, from Eddie's main window, to log your account out and in again. That's the only way to force Eddie to re-download keys (Eddie will not do it automatically) and you must do it every time you renew your client key(s). Please uncheck "Remember me", log your account out, then log your account in again (you will need to re-enter your credentials) finally test again connections.

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Hello!

Unfortunately we will not operate in Australia because of the infamous anti-encryption law, we're sorry, but yes, we are going to seriously consider more bandwidth in New Zealand.

Kind regards
 

Hello!

Unfortunately we will not operate in Australia because of the infamous anti-encryption law, we're sorry, but yes, we are going to seriously consider more bandwidth in New Zealand.

Kind regards
 

Hello!

Your tickets have been received and a reply was added in 8 hours, which is perfectly normal on Sunday. We see that the reply resolved the ticket by accepting your request. You can check your tickets in your "Client Area". Courtesy e-mails are also available if you have linked a valid e-mail address to your account and you don't disable notifications via mail.

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Hello!

It's a crack for some program unrelated to AirVPN or a malware. Our software does not need any crack, it is free and open source software which does not need the activation key they claim they give you. There's another "Air VPN" (with a space) in China using fraudulently this name but it was shut down recently. We will hide your link just in case it's malware. About NordVPN, yes, they have been cracked a couple of times and thousands of account were compromised in the past. By the way still unrelated to AirVPN.

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Probably Halloween promotion will be confirmed and therefore it will come first. And you're right, free trials of 1 month never existed.

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Hello!

Probably Halloween promotion will be confirmed and therefore it will come first. And you're right, free trials of 1 month never existed.

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Now that I'm seeing this thread again… I was able to reach around 120 MB/s download using Wireguard, but I'm faced with a very different challenge now: Finding content with a size big enough to reach those average speed readings for the status page, and stable enough to get this throughput over a longer period of time.
BitTorrent is the best option so far, and I was experimenting with tens of Linux torrents for that matter, but they're done so quickly, it's impossible show up with those MB/s. I managed to appear with around 750 by a download-delete-check-redownload routine, but that's not giving me continuous readings. -.-
What a problem to have…

As long as the solution for OP's issue is reported here afterwards, it's not a problem.

Hello!

Very interesting analytical and investigative work by Windscribe disclosing ties (even hidden ones) between VPN companies, publishers, review web sites. Click on node icons to read more details. Very sinister situation at a glance. Note for example how Crossrider (now Kape), well known malware company co-founded by a member of israeli Defense Forces Unit 8200, nowadays controls major VPNs and review web sites:
https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/control-d

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Hello!

We're very glad to inform you that AirVPN Suite version 2.0.0 alpha 1 is now available. UPDATE 2023-11-24: version 2.0.0 alpha 2 is now available.

AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 alpha 2 introduces AirVPN's exclusive per app traffic splitting system as well as some bug fixes, revised code in order to pave the way towards the final and stable release, WireGuard support, and the latest OpenVPN3-AirVPN 3.9 library. Please see the respective changelogs for a complete list of preliminary changes for each component of the suite. If you feel adventurous and you wish to test this preview version, please feel free to report any glitch, bug and problem in this very thread.

 
The 2.0.0 alpha 2 Suite includes:
Bluetit: lightweight, ultra-fast D-Bus controlled system daemon providing full connectivity and integration to AirVPN servers, or generic OpenVPN and WireGuard servers. Bluetit can also enforce Network Lock and/or connect the system to AirVPN during the bootstrap Goldcrest: Bluetit client, allowing full integration with AirVPN servers, users, keys, profiles as well as generic OpenVPN and WireGuard servers Hummingbird: lightweight and standalone binary for generic OpenVPN server connections Cuckoo: traffic split manager, granting full access and functionality to AirVPN's traffic split infrastructure WARNING: this is alpha software in its development stage, it is provided "as is" and with no implicit or explicit warrant it will work properly and as expected or planned. Because of the development stage, the software may have bugs which may also cause critical and unstable conditions. This software is used at the whole risk of the user and it is strongly advised not to use it in production or critical systems or environments. Please note that features and functionalities of this alpha/development version may be changed or removed in future releases.
WireGuard support
 
WireGuard support is now available in Bluetit. OpenVPN or WireGuard selection is controlled by Bluetit run control file option airvpntype or by Goldcrest option -f  (short for --air-vpn-type). Possible values: openvpn, wireguard. Default: openvpn. The option is documented in the 1.3.0 manual as well. Currently Hummingbird does not support WireGuard, please rely on Bluetit and Goldcrest.

Bluetit run control file (/etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc) option:
airvpntype: (string) VPN type to be used for AirVPN connections. Possible values: wireguard, openvpn. Default: openvpn Goldcrest option:
--air-vpn-type, -f : VPN type for AirVPN connection <wireguard|openvpn>   AirVPN's VPN traffic splitting

AirVPN Suite version 2.0.0 introduces traffic splitting by using a dedicated network namespace, therefore completely separating the VPN traffic from unencrypted and "out of the tunnel" traffic. The VPN traffic is carried out in the default (main) namespace, ensuring all system data and traffic to be encrypted and tunneled into the VPN by default. No clear and unencrypted data are allowed to pass through the default namespace.
Any optional unencrypted data or clear network traffic must be explicitly requested by an authorized user with the right to run cuckoo, the AirVPN traffic split manager tool.

AirVPN's traffic splitting is enabled and controlled by Bluetit and by means of run control directives. The system has been created in order to minimize any tedious or extensive configuration, even to the minimal point of telling Bluetit to enable traffic splitting with no other setting.

In order to enable and control AirVPN's traffic splitting, the below new run control directives for /etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc have been introduced: allowtrafficsplitting: (on/off) enable or disable traffic splitting (unencrypted and out of the tunnel traffic) Default: off trafficsplitnamespace: (string) name of Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. Default: aircuckoo trafficsplitinterface: (string) name of the physical network interface to be used for traffic splitting. All the unencrypted and out of the tunnel data will pass through the specified network device/interface. In case this directive is not used and unspecified, Bluetit will automatically use the main network interface of the system and connected to the default gateway. Default: unspecified trafficsplitnamespaceinterface: (string) name of the virtual network interface to be associated to the Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. Default: ckveth0 trafficsplitipv4: (IPv4 address|auto) IPv4 address of the virtual network interface used for traffic splitting. In case it is set to 'auto', Bluetit will try to automatically assign an unused IPv4 address belonging to the system's host sub-network (/24) Default: auto trafficsplitipv6: (IPv6 address|auto) IPv6 address of the virtual network interface used for traffic splitting. In case it is set to 'auto', Bluetit will try to automatically assign an unused IPv6 address belonging to the system's host sub-network (/64) Default: auto trafficsplitfirewall: (on/off) enable or disable the firewall in Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. The firewall is set up with a minimal rule set for a very basic security model. Default: off AirVPN's traffic splitting is designed in order to minimize any further configuration from the system administrator. To actually enable traffic splitting, it is just needed to set "allowtrafficsplitting" directive to "on" and Bluetit will configure the traffic split namespace with the default options as explained above. When needed, the system administrator can finely tune the traffic splitting service by using the above directives. At this early alpha stage, it is advised not to change the network namespace name but leave it to its default value "aircuckoo" to let cuckoo tool properly work.  
Power and limitations
 
The adopted solution offers a remarkable security bonus in terms of isolation. For example, it gets rid of the dangerous DNS "leaks in" typical of cgroups based traffic splitting solutions. However, the dedicated namespace needs an exclusive IP address. If the system is behind a NAT (connected to a home router for example) this is not a problem, but if the system is not behind any NAT, i.e. it is assigned directly a public IP address, you will need another public IP address for the network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. You will need to manually set the other public IP address on the trafficsplitipv4 or trafficsplitipv6 directive as the guessing abilities of Bluetit may work only within a private subnet. Please keep this limitation in mind especially if you want to run the Suite with per app traffic splitting on a dedicated or virtual server in some datacenter, as they are most of the times NOT behind any NAT.
 

Introducing Cuckoo, the AirVPN traffic splitting manager tool

Traffic splitting is implemented in AirVPN Suite by using a separate and independent network namespace, directly communicating with the system's default gateway through a virtual interface associated to a physical network interface available in the system. This ensures a true separation of traffic between tunneled and encrypted VPN data from the unencrypted and clear data to be channeled out of the VPN tunnel. The unencrypted traffic will never pass through the default namespace - which is under the VPN control - including, and most importantly, DNS requests.

To generate unencrypted and out of the tunnel traffic, any software having this need must be run inside the traffic split namespace. In order to do so, AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 introduces a new tool meant to be specifically used for this purpose: Cuckoo.
The tool can be used by users belonging to the airvpn group only. It cannot be used by root or any user belonging to the root group.

Additionally, in order to fully use the cuckoo tool, the user must also have special capabilities enabled, notably CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_NET_ADMIN and CAP_NET_RAW. The installation script will set these capabilities to the "airvpn" user only. In case you need to let other users of the airvpn group use the cuckoo tool, you can simply duplicate the corresponding line in /etc/security/capability.conf and adapt it to your needs.
Note that in many distributions all of the above will not be necessary but keep it in mind if you find some issue and please feel free to report it.
At this current alpha stage cuckoo supports "aircuckoo" namespace only, that is the default namespace configured by Bluetit.

This preliminary alpha version does not provide any option and it is meant to simply run an application inside the traffic split namespace only.
The usage is straightforward: cuckoo program [program options]  
The traffic split namespace uses its own routing, network channels and DNS. It will not interfere or communicate in any way with the default namespace where the VPN is running and using its own encrypted tunnel. As for DNS, the traffic split namespace will use default system DNS settings.

Programs started with cuckoo are regular Linux processes and, as such, can be managed (that is stopped, interrupted, paused, terminated and killed) by using the usual process control tools. The programs started by cuckoo are assigned to the user who started cuckoo.

As a final note, in order to work properly, the following permissions must be granted to cuckoo and they are always checked at each run.
Owner: root
Group: airvpn
Permissions: -rwsr-xr-x (owner can read, write, execute and setuid; group can read and execute, others can read and execute)
Note on Web Browsers
 
Firefox and Chromium will not be able to resolve names in the aircuckoo namespace, not even when you run a unique instance of them inside the network namespace itself, in some Ubuntu systems. We are investigating this behavior. Brave, Opera and Konqueror are not affected by this problem, but please consider that due to how browser instances are tied to each other, you might get unexpected behavior if you run the same browser in both namespaces from the same user.
For example, if the browser has been started in the default namespace while there is an active AirVPN connection, the traffic will flow to the connected AirVPN server and from the associated VPN IP address from any future apparent instance launched by the same user, and vice-versa. The second instance may detect the first, delegate the task to it and exit, so you will have a new window but not another instance.
In order to circumvent the issue, at this stage you may tale care to run programs in the aircuckoo namespace via cuckoo only from airvpn account, and programs whose traffic must be tunneled from your ordinary account. In other words, to add security, do not add your ordinary account to the airvpn group if you plan to use traffic splitting, so your ordinary account will not be able to run cuckoo by accident.
 
Download AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 alpha 2:
https://eddie.website/repository/AirVPN-Suite/2.0-alpha2/AirVPN-Suite-x86_64-2.0.0-alpha-2.tar.gz $ sha512sum AirVPN-Suite-x86_64-2.0.0-alpha-2.tar.gz c70f7b553d5489e02233a3e326c175c047c085dac7d4f36289ffc07e0bf0d86c98df4c49f4258d3d83b4fde96c81efbccc394f326260a1ac80d2f7892b825b79 AirVPN-Suite-x86_64-2.0.0-alpha-2.tar.gz  
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