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Hello!

Please test Eddie 2.24: https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/57401-eddie-desktop-224-beta-released/

Eddie features support with proper DNS management for every systemd-resolved (a ramshackle systemd component that would have the ambition to offer name resolution to applications) mode from version 2.23.2. Previous versions do not handle correctly a specific systemd-resolved working mode which will cause DNS leaks. If you're running some older Eddie version, including the current stable release, and your Mint has systemd-resolved running and working in on-link mode bypassing /etc/resolv.conf, we may have a rational explanation of the situation. However, the discrepancy between https://ipleak.net and the web site you mention remains unexplained.

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According to this definition there is no censorship at all anywhere enforced by governments, not in North Korea, not in France, not in China...

Please note that your definition is pure fantasy, if not insulting. Censorship is exactly suppression of speech, public communication, or other information subversive of the "common good", or against a given narrative, by law or other means of enforcement. The fact that censorship is enforced by law or by a government body does not make it less censorship. Furthermore, historically censorship was an exclusive matter of some central authority (the first well documented case is maybe the censorship rules to preserve the Athenian youth, infringed by Socrates, for which he was put to death, although the etymology comes from the Roman Office of Censor which had the duty to regulate on citizens' moral practices) and today censorship by governments is predominant.  Even In modern times censorship through laws has been and is predominant and pervasive according to Britannica and many academic researches.

Then you can discuss ad nauseam whether censorship by law is "right" or "wrong", whether France's censorship is "better" than China's censorship, but you can't change the definition of censorship, otherwise this discussion will become delirious.

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@JackParsons

Hello!

Eddie 2.13.6 should run on your system. To download it, on the Linux download page please select "Other versions", click "2.13.6" and the download page will point to that version. Before installing Eddie 2.13.6 please make sure to delete the configuration file (default.xml in older Eddie versions, default.profile in newer version) to avoid incompatibilities of the configuration file due to a downgrade.

If even Eddie 2.13.6 can't run on your system, then you could prepare a configuration file compatible with your OpenVPN 2.3.2: in the Configuration Generator turn the "Advanced" switch on set the "OpenVPN profile" combo box to "2.4" select a connection with OpenVPN to entry-IP address ONE (this is essential to avoid tls-crypt, unsupported by 2.3) download and use the configuration file as usual Please consider anyway to upgrade your system for security reasons.

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Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Latvia

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

Please try the following procedure:
renew your certificate in the "Client Area" (instructions here: https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/26209-how-to-manage-client-certificatekey-pairs/ ) run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection
Main thread:
Kind regards
 

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

No, it was not and it is not. Every and each machine runs on non-affected Operating Systems, typically FreeBSD and Debian 12. Debian 12 trivially is not affected because it does not include (in the official repositories we point at) the exploited xz versions 5.6.0 / 5.6.1 (and of course we did not build them from git) while in FreeBSD: Gordon Tetlow, security officer, https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-March/000248.html).

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Not only TikTok. For example the Bitcoin network can not be controlled so a transaction from an American citizen could potentially go to a citizen of a country that's "a menace" for the USA (definition of enemy and menace is discretionary, the used language seems fine tuned to allow scope enlargement at will without judiciary supervision). Since that's not controllable, we find it potentially possible that operators might be required to block "the Bitcoin network".

What's worse, according to a preliminary interpretation of the text, if in some way (difficult but personal and house search, pre-selected through the usual monitoring performed by USA ISPs, can help...) it can be proved that a USA citizen has used some tool like Tor or VPN to access any of the blocked network / services etc., that citizen will be prosecuted: civil liability up to a million of dollars, and criminal behavior subjected to up to 20 years in jail - which, if we're not mistaken, is worse than in China, Russia, and various countries controlled by human rights hostile regimes.

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Right, I'm now up and running again after re-flashing my router to the latest version of DD-WRT.  Using the same keys and certs as before, but now it just works.  The main difference I can see is that the new firmware is using OpenVPN 2.5.  The problem I have now is getting my NAS setup working, but that's nothing to do with the VPN side of things...

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Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

You need to re-generate your configuration files through the Configuration Generator available in your AirVPN account "Client Area".
Explanation: https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/58289-openvpn-certificate-has-expired/?do=findComment&comment=231319

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@eltznth

Hello!

Yes, TLS Crypt seems fully supported. Set the "TLS Control Channel security" combo box to "Encrypt channel" Set the "Compression" combo box to "LZO Adaptive" Check "Verify certificate" Do not enable server certificate verification by name, leave the "Verify server certificate" combo box to "No". Kind regards
 

I was doubtful, but it worked!!! Thank you so much!!! For the benefit of everybody, here are screenshots of my working configuration

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards
 

Hello!

Please see here for a possible explanation and easy solution: https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/58289-openvpn-certificate-has-expired/?tab=comments#comment-231319

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Thanks so much that solved the issue...so great...
best regards 

Latvian not Dallas here

According to this definition there is no censorship at all anywhere enforced by governments, not in North Korea, not in France, not in China...

Please note that your definition is pure fantasy, if not insulting. Censorship is exactly suppression of speech, public communication, or other information subversive of the "common good", or against a given narrative, by law or other means of enforcement. The fact that censorship is enforced by law or by a government body does not make it less censorship. Furthermore, historically censorship was an exclusive matter of some central authority (the first well documented case is maybe the censorship rules to preserve the Athenian youth, infringed by Socrates, for which he was put to death, although the etymology comes from the Roman Office of Censor which had the duty to regulate on citizens' moral practices) and today censorship by governments is predominant.  Even In modern times censorship through laws has been and is predominant and pervasive according to Britannica and many academic researches.

Then you can discuss ad nauseam whether censorship by law is "right" or "wrong", whether France's censorship is "better" than China's censorship, but you can't change the definition of censorship, otherwise this discussion will become delirious.

Kind regards
 

Hello!

The problem affects those users who run Eddie Desktop edition with OpenVPN and never logged out for more than a year, or use OpenVPN clients with configuration files generated before 2021. Since Eddie Desktop edition re-downloads certificates and keys only when the operator logs in, locally some certificates have expired because we extend their expiration date automatically at least one year in advance (three years normally).

Please try the following procedure to quickly resolve the problem:
run Eddie on Eddie's main window uncheck "Remember me" log your account out log your account in (you'll need to re-enter your AirVPN credentials) try again a connection Kind regards