Search the Community

I would like to be able to use VPN only with Hexchat. I'm using eddie 2.7. I'm on elementary OS. Is there a way to do this so the VPN only gets used through Hexchat?

Hello, I have a strange problem: I'm using Linux Mint 17 (Cinnamon, 64-bit), no firewall settings applied. After connecting to AirVPN through the network-manager (using .ovpn config file imported) or using "Eddie 2.1 (Portable)" I cannot connect to my Jabber/XMPP profiles (i have two different profiles on two different jabber-servers, including Jitsi). I have tried Pidgin, Gajim and Jitsi. Pidgin cannot login into my accout, Gajim is seems to be connected but no one can see me logged in and I don't see any contacts online, and I cannot send/receive any messages - so I'm accually offline. When I am connected to Jitsi/XMPP account I can see other contacts and they can see me, but I cannot send messages only receive them and I cannot make/receive any calls. In all cases, when I use "Net Activity Viewer" application I see that there is a connection established from local address 10.4.x.x to a jabber-server on a remote port 5222 but still I cannot communicate. I have also tried to flush iptables settings just to be sure - it didn't help. // Just to be clear - I try to connect to XMPP after I have established AirVPN connection. Everything else working but XMPP. When I'm disconnected from AirVPN everything works just fine. // I was using AirVPN under Windows 7 and everything was working (with Comodo anti-leaking Global Rules applied). To be 100% sure, I have tried a clean install of Linux Mint 16 and 17 (both Cinnamon, 64-bit) on a flash drive. The problem repeated. There is more: I have tried to boot from Linux Mint Debian Edition (from a flash drive with installation iso image written on it) - there was NO problem connecting to XMPP accounts under AirVPN connection (using Eddie 2.1 Portable! I just don't know what to think about all of this... some kind of a mystery.

Hi guys! So I am attempting to setup my Transmission bittorrent client with Transdrone (Transdroid) app on Android. I want to be able to use this android remote app to connect to my desktop (where Transmission is running) while I am connected to this VPN. So I: 1) Connected to a server (say Server A). 2) Configured port forwarding on AirVPN's site (AirVPN > Client Area > Forwarded ports). Let's say I forwarded port 7712 and 7713. 3) Logged into Transmission and set port 7712 as the Incoming port (Transmission > Preferences > Network) and made sure 'Pick a random port at startup' was unchecked. 4) Allowed remote access (HTTP) from port 7713 and configured username/password authentication. Made sure 'Only allow these IP addresses' was unchecked. 5) Then set my firewall to allow incoming connections from port 7712 and 7713 (TCP). * I DID NOT log into my router and configure port forwarding for these ports (or any for that matter). When I hit the 'Test Port' button (Transmission > Network) to test port 7712, it says 'Port is OPEN'. Cool. ----- So what is my post about? Well there are some instructions on this page that confuse the heck outta me: https://airvpn.org/faq/p2p/ I do not understand what is being communicated here... "If you forward a port for a p2p torrent client, do NOT remap it to a different local port and make sure that the torrent client port matches the remotely forwarded port number" - What is meant by "do not remap it to a different local port"? Am I supposed to log into my router and setup port forwarding for port 7712 & 7713? "do NOT forward on your router the same ports you use on your Bittorrent or eMule client (or any other listening service) while connected to the VPN" - Doesn't this contradict the previous instruction? What is the correct way to configure port forwarding so that my P2P client will work with my android remote app? (and seed)

What are the dependencies to get the AirVPN Linux client to work? I was apparently able to install the client with the .deb, but nothing happens when I try to execute it, so I figure that probably means some dependencies are missing.

Hey, I'm running Airvpn via the terminal, I get my .ovpn from the generator and it works just fine. But how do I terminate the vpn and drop back to my normal IP? Thanks.

I read in the how to section that there is a security flaw in Debian's current implementation of OpenVPN Network Manager where it doesn't check the server's certificate. From what I've tried, I really like Debian, so this is a shame. However, I recently found out about Debian Testing and Debian Sid. Is the flaw fixed in these releases? I ask because I've not found Eddie to be very good in Debian for a number of reasons: it needs to be a window rather than something accessed from the taskbar; my DNS leaks; the built-in fix for DNS leaks makes it unable to connect; it frequently crashes when I try to exit; the speeds aren't anywhere near as good as when run through network manager. So this is not a good solution to the problem. I find running plain OpenVPN is too technical. Suggestions?

UPDATE Due to multiple, critical problems in network-manager-openvpn which after years have not been solved we recommend to NOT use it. Please understand that we will not provide support to network-manager-openvpn. In GNU/Linux we recommend that you run our free and open source software "Eddie", or our free and open source software "Hummingbird", or OpenVPN directly 21/04/2014: network-manager-openvpn runs OpenVPN so that OpenVPN does not check the server certificate. Therefore we DO NOT RECOMMEND usage of network-manager for security reasons. This issue is already fixed in newest version not yet available in Debian 7 Wheezy Download your configuration file from the page Config Generator Select "Advanced Mode" Tick "Separate certs/keys from .ovpn files" Save the downloaded zip-file somewhere, say in ~/.airvpn. Unzip it. Five files should be extracted. Try to make sure nobody but you can read the file user.key, because that one is secret. Erase the zip-file. Or at least, make sure only you can read it (since it contains the secret user.key file inside) Install the package named network-manager-openvpn-gnome, which is a plugin to NetworkManager handling OpenVPN connections. The install will automatically include all needed packages, like openvpn etc. Perhaps you'll have to log out and log in again, or even restart the computer or something. To check that openvpn plugin was properly installed in NetworkManager, click on the nm-applet (the NetworkManager icon) => VPN Connections => Configure VPN. In the little window that comes up, click the Add button. Is there an OpenVPN option in the menu? Good. But don't click on it. Just close the windows. This was just a check. Click on the nm-applet (the NetworkManager icon) => VPN Connections => Configure VPN In the little window that comes up, click the Import button. In the file chooser that comes up, find the previously downloaded file air.ovpn (perhaps you stored it in the ~/.airvpn directory?) A new little window comes up. It is pre-filled with the necessary airvpn-configuration stuff. Click the NetworkManager applet. Under VPN-connections, you should now be able to select the VPN-connection named air. After a little while, the applet icon should be decorated with a little padlock. For any comment or feedback, you can find the discussion here. Thanks to HugeHedon for this article.

UPDATE 01-SEP-17 Due to multiple, critical problems in network-manager-openvpn which after years have not been solved we recommend to NOT use it. Please understand that we will not provide support to network-manager-openvpn. In GNU/Linux we recommend that you run our free and open source software "AirVPN Suite", "Eddie" or OpenVPN directly Warning: Ubuntu 14.04 has an issue on configuration files import. At 25/04/2014 there's still no fix. Bug Report Go to Config Generator page, choose Linux and choose your preferred options. Select Advanced Mode Tick Separate certs/keys from .ovpn files Click on any archive format. Save the downloaded archive file somewhere, say in ~/.airvpn. Extract it. Five files should be extracted. Try to make sure nobody but you can read the file user.key, because that one is secret. Install the package named network-manager-openvpn-gnome, which is a plugin to NetworkManager handling OpenVPN connections. The install will automatically include all needed packages, like openvpn etc. Click on NetworkManager icon in top-right bar, and choose Edit Connections... Click Add, choose Import a saved VPN configuration, click Create... and choose a .ovpn file extracted from files generated by our Config Generator. The imported information is displayed. Click Save... and close the NetworkManager Connections editor. From now on, the imported connections are showed under VPN Connections menu. Click it to connect.

Download your configuration file from the page Config Generator. If you don't already have the OpenVPN package installed in your system, you can tick Advanced Mode and tick Bundle executable (only for x86/amd64 based systems). Have a look here to take care of DNS push (OpenVPN will not do that for you by default): https://airvpn.org/topic/9608-how-to-accept-dns-push-on-linux-systems-with-resolvconf/Open a terminal console, reach the directory where you stored the files generated by the Configuration Generator and launchsudo openvpn foo.ovpnif you already have installed the OpenVPN package, orsudo ./openvpn foo.ovpnif you have downloaded our bundled executable. foo.ovpn is any *.ovpn files generated by the Config Generator. In the example we report "sudo" to run OpenVPN with root privileges. In some systems you might not have "sudo" available, or your account might be not included in the "sudo-ers". In these cases, you just need to run a terminal as root, or become root with "su" command.

I just downloaded a new configuration from the config generator. I created one for Asia and one of USA. I used the generator to make the generator create separate files for the keys, certs. The ovpn is set to use port 443. This has worked before. Now it seems to time out. Tue Apr 15 18:23:52 2014 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity) Tue Apr 15 18:23:52 2014 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed Tue Apr 15 18:23:52 2014 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting Here is everything: openvpn Asia443.ovpn Tue Apr 15 18:20:48 2014 OpenVPN 2.3.2 x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu [sSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [MH] [iPv6] built on Sep 12 2013 Tue Apr 15 18:20:48 2014 Control Channel Authentication: using 'ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file Tue Apr 15 18:20:48 2014 Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication Tue Apr 15 18:20:48 2014 Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication Tue Apr 15 18:20:48 2014 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->131072] S=[212992->131072] Tue Apr 15 18:20:48 2014 UDPv4 link local: [undef] Tue Apr 15 18:20:48 2014 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]119.81.1.123:443 Tue Apr 15 18:21:48 2014 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity) Tue Apr 15 18:21:48 2014 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed Tue Apr 15 18:21:48 2014 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting Tue Apr 15 18:21:48 2014 Restart pause, 2 second(s) Tue Apr 15 18:21:50 2014 Socket Buffers: R=[212992->131072] S=[212992->131072] Tue Apr 15 18:21:50 2014 UDPv4 link local: [undef] Tue Apr 15 18:21:50 2014 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]119.81.1.123:443

Hello!, When connecting on linux via the command 'sudo openvpn AirVPN_America_UDP-443.ovpn' I get the error in the subject line. It appears that I'm connected without problems but just wanted to check. I'm running the latest versions of Arch linux, openvpn, openssl, and have seperated keys/certs from ovpn files. The files are all in my home directory with permissions -rw-r--r-- Thank you for your help

I've read the instructions on adding a VPN via the GUI NetworkManager in Linux. I cannot get these options to save. I'm attaching a screen shot as this explains it much better than I can. All fields are populated, yet I cannot apply/save these settings. VPN via the command line does work, but I cannot create this connection via NetworkManager. Please help, it's driving me crazy!!

Hi all, first post here, site looks like a fantastic resource. I have installed the Europeian and Asian server files and several individual server files on to my openUSE Gnome 13.10.02 box as per the Gnome Network Manager tutorial. Everything went fine until I checked for DNS leaks using GRC'S https://www.grc.com/dns/dns.htm I was still querying my ISP's DNS. I manually set each VPN to use OpenNIC's non logging DNS http://www.opennicproject.org/, I have sucssesfully done this with Mint and Ubuntu using Gnome Network Manager. However I seem to be having an issue with OpenSUSE, I can only connect reliably to the Swedish server and occasionally to the Netherlands, non of the others ie Europe/Asia/Romania/Luxumberg/Singapore even though they are all configured identically. I have obviously broken something by manually setting the DNS. I also don't know and cannot find the openSUSE command to open the openvpn logs which isn't helping. Any help much appreciated.

OK, I posted a support query on shutting down OpenVPN. As it turned out OpenVPN is set to automatically restart if the connection is dropped. Shutting down via Ctrl C is (as a Linux user at least) apparently the way to do it if you have started OpenVPN in a Terminal. My shutting down using Ctrl C was causing the /usr/share/openvpn/update-resolv-conf script to become confused as it was out of sync with itself & threw an error whenever I tried to start OpenVPN after it had been closed via Ctrl C. (Which is why this thread & the support ticket started.) The start.VPN.sh script was born: It requires that you make the following two files; /etc/resolv.conf_VPN /etc/resolv.conf_VPN.bak These two identical files carry the following: # For use when OpenVPN is running: domain home nameserver 10.4.0.1 # AirVPN DNS nameserver 8.8.8.8 # Backup DNS (Google DNS) Following is what the script does, in order: * The script calls IPTables at its beginning, & shows the user that it is running via output to the Terminal. (See link to how-to at the bottom of the page.) * It then checks that /etc/resolv.conf & /etc/resolv.conf_VPN exist. * Then it checks to see if they are the same size, (which is to protect from the resolv.conf_VPN having not been swapped back to having the AirVPN DNS on the last OpenVPN shutdown. * If the files are the same size, then the script copies the /etc/resolv.conf_VPN.bak file to /etc/resolv.conf_VPN . * Now the contents of the /etc/resolv.conf & the /etc/resolv.conf_VPN files are swapped. Meaning /etc/resolv.conf now has the AirVPN DNS followed by the Google DNS in it. * Now is the time to call OpenVPN & your chosen server, my current call follows: openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/AirVPN_NL-Dorsum_UDP-443.ovpnAirVPN using its own DNS should now be running. * When OpenVPN is closed via Ctlr C or via the Disconnect Now button, or however else you can close it. The first thing that happens (providing that you have IPTables setup correctly) is all internet connections are terminated. This is all in the hands of the IPTables that was started at the beginning of the script (IPTables must be setup by you before hand). * Then /etc/resolv.conf & the /etc/resolv.conf_VPN files swap their contents again. Meaning that the /etc/resolv.conf now has the DNS or your routers IP address, that it had in it before this script was started. That is it for what the script does. The start.VPN.sh script: #!/bin/bash ## Starts IPTables & shows that it is running. ## Then: ## Function to swap 2 files holding DNS addresses, /etc/resolv.conf ## & /etc/resolv.conf_VPN. ## To protect from the possibility of the resolv.conf with non-VPN ## DNS address overwriting your resolv.conf_VPN & causing you to use ## the wrong DNS, this script now checks whether resolv.conf & ## resolv.conf_VPN are the same, & if they are, then resolv.conf_VPN ## is replaced by its backup, ie, /etc/resolv.conf_VPN.bak. ## ## After the above is done, then OpenVPN with AirVPN server is ## called. When OpenVPN closes, the resolv.conf files are swapped ## back again, so the original, non VPN file (DNS) is restored to ## /etc/resolv.conf . ## You need to create the /etc/resolv.conf_VPN & the ## /etc/resolv.conf.VPN.bak files with the AirVPN DNS & a backup ## DNS that is NOT your ISP's DNS. ## ## I use the following 4 lines of text for those two previously ## mentioned files: ## ## # AirVPN DNS followed by Google's DNS: ## domain home ## nameserver 10.4.0.1 ## nameserver 8.8.8.8 ## ########################################### # Turn on iptables - which protects my IP by allowing only VPN DNS # if I lose VPN all internet connections are imediately stopped. systemctl start iptables.service systemctl status iptables.service iptables -nvL --line-numbers #Check entered arguments if [ ! $1 ] || [ ! $2 ] then echo "Using inbuilt defaults" file1="/etc/resolv.conf" file2="/etc/resolv.conf_VPN" else file1=$1 file2=$2 fi #Check if the files exist if [ ! -f $file1 ] || [ ! -f $file2 ] then echo "File(s) doesnt exist" exit 1 fi #Check whether the files are same if [[ ! `cmp $file1 $file2` ]] then echo "Files $file1 $file2 same" echo "Replacing $file2 with $file2.bak" if [ ! -f "$file2.bak" ] then echo "File $file2.bak doesnt exist" echo "Exiting.." exit 1 else cp "$file2.bak" "$file2" fi fi #The swap function swap() { cp $file2 file.bak mv $file1 $file2 mv file.bak $file1 } #Swap the files swap $file1 $file2 echo "Files $file1 and $file2 swapped" #Do openVPN stuff openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/AirVPN_NL-Dorsum_UDP-443.ovpn #Again swap the files, ie, go back to the original state swap $file2 $file1 echo "Files $file2 and $file1 swapped" # Turn off iptables - this allows usage of NON-VPN internet & DNS # this is here for certain circumstances when it may be useful. # Just uncomment the following two lines if needed. Doing so # renders the identity protection that may be offered by your # IPTables setup useless. #systemctl stop iptables.service #echo "Turned off iptables - normal internet is now accessible BEWARE!" #Done exit 0 Calling the script via a ~/.bashrc alias: By adding the (see below) following alias to your ~/.bashrc you can call the start.VPN.sh script by just entering vpn at the Terminal prompt. (You need to change the path to the start.VPN.sh script to suit where you have it stored on your system. alias vpn="sudo su -c ~/.config/openvpn/start.VPN.sh" After having entered any alias (or making any other edits) in your ~/.bashrc you need to reinitialize the Terminal to activate any changes to your ~/.bashrc. You can do this by closing & restarting your Teminal, or you can enter the following in the Terminal: source .bashrc I actually have an alias for the above command in my ~/.bashrc too, as follows: alias src="/external_image/?url=source+.bashrc" Using the above alias src in the Terminal, runs the source .bashrc command. I've not yet tried running the start.VPN.sh script from inside of the /etc/openvpn/AirVPN .ovpn file. I'll post my results when I have some. Associated Links: I haven't yet tried calling the script from inside of the /etc/openvnp/AirVPN .ovnp file. I'll post & hopefully edit the page when I've tried that. This is the how-to that I used to get IPTables setup: https://airvpn.org/topic/9139-prevent-leaks-with-linux-iptables/?hl=%2Biptables+%2Bleaks+%2Blinux Here is the solution to my silly error when setting up IPTables: https://airvpn.org/topic/10598-linux-set-up-firewall-as-per-how-to-from-staff-member/ This is the link to the update-resolv-conf page: https://airvpn.org/topic/9608-how-to-accept-dns-push-on-linux-systems-with-resolvconf/

I'm not sure if anyone else would find this useful, but I threw together a simple script the other day for speeding up the process of configuring and managing my VPN connections on my desktop (Linux Mint). Note that this is far from comprehensive--I made it with my use cases in mind. https://github.com/mindcruzer/airvpn-cli ex. ~$ airvpn setup pavonis --connect Would prompt you for your username and password, generate the configuration, save it and set the appropriate permissions, then start the openvpn daemon. There are a few other useful commands as well.

I started using AirVPN just recently. I downloaded a .tar archive for OpenVPN from the website and there are 2 problems with it: 1. All files inside have rwxrwxrwx permissions (.ovpn, ca.crt, user.crt, user.key). Since I downloaded a tar, not zip, it should be possible to prevent that. 2. The instructions on the website do not tell you to change permissions, they only tell to unpack the archive and launch "sudo openvpn <filename.ovpn>". Many users might overlook the problem.

​Hello. ​Just tried this simple rule: ​-A INPUT -p tcp --syn -j DROP ​...​and found out, it prevents me from establishing an Airvpn session. ​ So, my question is in the subject line - and I'm not good enough at networking to figure that out myself. ​Would appreciate specific suggestions. ​

Hello, is it possible to use the iptables tutorial but allow two or more vpn servers? I think that this is the important line. Everything else than this destination is getting blocked by iptables. Can I just add another line of that with a different destination? I would assume that everything gets blocked then. iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth+ ! -d a.b.c.d -j DROP Thanks

Hi all, I have just finished configuring the SSL tunnel for AirVPN under Linux (Ubuntu). I think the guide at https://airvpn.org/ssl/ needs to be updated. If you use apt-get install stunnel Ubuntu will install stunnel4, but the softlink which is used in stunnel "AirVPN <..> - SSL <..>.ssl" points at version stunnel3. So first, go to /usr/bin/ and change the softlink to point at stunnel4 instead of 3: sudo -ln -s /usr/bin/stunnel4 /usr/bin/stunnel [EDIT from Staff: the correct command is "sudo ln ..."] Second point is, stunnel needs to know where the ssl certificate is located, if you don't point it to the right directory, the connection will end with the error: End of section stunnel: SSL server needs a certificate So to get rid of this, you have to go to /etc/stunnel and create a file stunnel.conf (also check the README there for more infos) and in it insert 2 lines: cert=/path/to/pemkey=/path/to/keyLast but not least you have to generate a stunnel private key: openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes Just remember to put it in the folder, which is listed in the stunnel.conf file. Now you should be able to run the connection through a tunnel Because I'm not a Linux wiz, I have used help from the following guides: Google http://serverfault.com/questions/424619/stunnel-not-reading-configuration-file http://www.onsight.com/faq/stunnel/stunnel-faq-a.html https://www.stunnel.org/pipermail/stunnel-users/2011-September/003261.html

Hi, On windows 8, home computer, all is OK, airvpn good speed... but... On laptop linux (arch), sometime some websites display slowly (google), but most websites does not display. (Its the same line, internet box, ISP) I try with various protocols and various ports (udp 443, tcp 443 ...53) but nothing... My config file : client dev tun proto udp remote earth.vpn.airdns.org 53 resolv-retry infinite nobind ns-cert-type server cipher AES-256-CBC comp-lzo verb 3 explicit-exit-notify 5 ca "etc/openvpn/ca.crt" cert "etc/openvpn/user.crt" key "etc/openvpn/user.key" I lauched openvpn : # openvpn /etc/openvpn/airvpn_UDP_53.ovpn Tue Sep 24 09:59:14 2013 OpenVPN 2.3.2 x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu [sSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [eurephia] [MH] [iPv6] built on Jun 9 2013 Tue Sep 24 09:59:14 2013 Socket Buffers: R=[212982->131062] S=[212982->131062] Tue Sep 24 09:59:14 2013 UDPv4 link local: [undef] Tue Sep 24 09:59:14 2013 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]181.74.203.161:53 Tue Sep 24 09:59:14 2013 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]181.74.203.161:53, sid=bd1c2aa8 deb44c102 Tue Sep 24 09:59:15 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org Tue Sep 24 09:59:15 2013 VERIFY OK: nsCertType=SERVER Tue Sep 24 09:59:15 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=server, emailAddress=info@vpninfo.org Tue Sep 24 09:59:17 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key Tue Sep 24 09:59:17 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication Tue Sep 24 09:59:17 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key Tue Sep 24 09:59:17 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication Tue Sep 24 09:59:17 2013 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 2048 bit RSA Tue Sep 24 09:59:17 2013 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]181.74.203.161:53 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1) Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 10.7.0.1,comp-lzo no,route 10.7.0.1,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 60,ifconfig 10.7.1.97 10.7.1.96 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: LZO parms modified Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.0.254/255.255.255.0 IFACE=enp3s0f2 HWADDR=b2:35:42:c1:a3:47 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 /usr/bin/ip link set dev tun0 up mtu 1500 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 /usr/bin/ip addr add dev tun0 local 10.7.1.97 peer 10.7.1.96 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 /usr/bin/ip route add 181.74.203.161/32 via 192.168.0.254 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 /usr/bin/ip route add 0.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.1.96 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 /usr/bin/ip route add 128.0.0.0/1 via 10.7.1.96 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 /usr/bin/ip route add 10.7.0.1/32 via 10.7.1.96 Tue Sep 24 09:59:19 2013 Initialization Sequence Completed Can you help me please ?

help !! i've set up pfsense to work with airvpn. my ip address shows as the desired location and it makes me think everything is set up correctly. but . . . when i do a dns test it shows my true ip address from the internet company. also, when i log on to this web site it indicates "not connected" and shows the same ip address. i have tried various combinations for the dns settings of general setup. for the dns server i have 10.0.5.1 and 10.0.4.1. i've tried various combinations of the "allow dns server list" box and the "do not use the dns forwarder" box. what am i missing? what settings do i need to mask my ip address with no dns leaks??? this noob appreciates any assistance.

I have just purchased this for port forwarding as i have 2 different computer that I want to use for webhosting and cannot port forward to 2 separate computers. I have installed network-manager-openvpn-gnome on the computer with Ubuntu. I do not have a GUI so the instructions to follow here https://airvpn.org/linux/ do not work. I have created openvpn in my home directory and uploaded the 4 files made in airvpn to here. i restarted openvpn and get the following NO VPN is running. What do I need to do next. I have not set up the port forwarding as yet. Thanks for any help.

NOTE: if you run Eddie or Hummingbird you don't need this guide, but you might need to get rid of update-systemd-resolved which, in one of its various working modes, can interfere fatally with DNS handling. This post describes how to accept OpenVPN servers DNS push on Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and some other POSIX-compliant OS when: resolvconf package OR openresolv package is installed OpenVPN is run directly (i.e. NOT through any OpenVPN GUI/wrapper such as network-manager) OpenVPN version is 2.1 or higher Warning: the specified "update-resolv-conf" script path refers to many Linux distributions and OpenVPN package installation, but NOT to all of them. Please check the correct path of the mentioned file before proceeding (for example: it could be /usr/share/openvpn instead of /etc/openvpn). If the script is not on your system, you'll need to create it. See the typical script here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenVPN#DNS Important: in the same above linked page, note that if you have a system based on systemd you might need some important modifications: Add to your OpenVPN configuration file(s), either in field "Custom Directives" of the Configuration Generator or by editing the configuration directly, the following lines: script-security 2 up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf In this way update-resolv-conf will record the DNS push and through resolvconf or openresolv will modify the nameserver accordingly. When OpenVPN quits, update-resolv-conf restores the previous nameserver line(s). Kind regards

Hey guys, I followed the instructions and when attempting to connect I get to Initalization Sequence Completed and then.. Nothing. It just hangs it seems like. Anyone have any suggestions? I did an alt+C to cancel at the end to restore internet access. Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 OpenVPN 2.2.1 x86_64-linux-gnu [sSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [MH] [PF_INET6] [iPv6 payload 20110424-2 (2.2RC2)] built on Feb 27 2013Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executablesMon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 WARNING: file 'user.key' is group or others accessibleMon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 LZO compression initializedMon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1558 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 Socket Buffers: R=[229376->131072] S=[229376->131072]Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1558 D:1450 EF:58 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '22188c5b'Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): 'a8f55717'Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 UDPv4 link local: [undef]Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]149.255.33.154:443Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]149.255.33.154:443, sid=73901bca b6551ec2Mon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=1, /C=IT/ST=IT/L=Perugia/O=airvpn.org/CN=airvpn.org_CA/emailAddress=info@airvpn.orgMon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 VERIFY OK: nsCertType=SERVERMon Jun 17 12:04:40 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=0, /C=IT/ST=IT/L=Perugia/O=airvpn.org/CN=server/emailAddress=info@airvpn.orgMon Jun 17 12:04:41 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit keyMon Jun 17 12:04:41 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authenticationMon Jun 17 12:04:41 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit keyMon Jun 17 12:04:41 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authenticationMon Jun 17 12:04:41 2013 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 2048 bit RSAMon Jun 17 12:04:41 2013 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]149.255.33.154:443Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 10.4.0.1,comp-lzo no,route 10.4.0.1,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 60,ifconfig 10.4.39.62 10.4.39.61'Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modifiedMon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: LZO parms modifiedMon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modifiedMon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modifiedMon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modifiedMon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 ROUTE default_gateway=192.168.3.30Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 TUN/TAP device tun0 openedMon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.4.39.62 pointopoint 10.4.39.61 mtu 1500Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 /sbin/route add -net 149.255.33.154 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 192.168.3.30Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 /sbin/route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.4.39.61Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 /sbin/route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.4.39.61Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 /sbin/route add -net 10.4.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 10.4.39.61Mon Jun 17 12:04:43 2013 Initialization Sequence Completed^CMon Jun 17 12:05:10 2013 event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)

Hi, Just wanted to share a solution which (for me) continued from this post , which explained in great detail how to set up your OpenVPN with linux. After having followed the steps exactly, I was unable to click on the "Save" button to save my VPN configuration/import because the "save" button was just grey. No matter what I tried, the button just stayed grey. Having researched this topic on Google, I found many posts where other Linux users had the same problem and in some instances reported this as a bug. Like here for example. Well, as it turns out the answer is so simple, that I could kick myself for having not thought of such a simple solution earlier. The answer is right here on AirVPN. Normally when saving a configuration, you probably just save it from AirVPN onto your laptop or computer, right? Well, there is one single thing that you need to do prior to clicking the Generate button. Place a "tick" in the "Advanced Mode box. Then pick "Linux and others", and most importantly under Advanced pick "Separe keys/certs from .ovpn file". You then get seperate files: ca.crt, user.crt, user.key, and the .ovpn file. Then click the "Import" button button in your Network > VPN config section and import the .ovpn file. It automatically populates all the other fields with your other certificates and keys. And your "Save" button is now clickable.