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DESCRIPTION
Tunnelblick, formerly known as OpenVPN-GUI, is a simple graphical user interface for the great VPN software OpenVPN 2.0 or later. It is written in Cocoa and comes in a ready to use distribution with all necessary binaries and drivers. Versions of OpenVPN older than 2.0 are not supported, because they lack the management interface used by Tunnelblick. Please send feedback and suggestions to info@tunnelblick.net.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.0: Better Security:
- Includes the latest stable version of OpenVPN.
- Requires DSA signatures on updates.
- Stores usernames in the Keychain instead of preferences.
- "openvpn-down-root" support allows OpenVPN to run as an unprivileged user.
Better Usability:
- New 'Options' submenu has entries to change commonly used preferences, check for updates, and view the 'About...' window.
- Guided installation process.
- Administrators can now edit protected configuration files.
- Standard keyboard shortcuts work in the Details... window.
- Maintains all connections when new configurations are added.
- Failed authentication is now handled gracefully.
More Capabilities:
- Works with home folders on network volumes or if the home folder is not permitted to have files owned by root.
- Adds support for WINS configurations pushed from the server.
- Restarts the connection if necessary to reflect changes in the network configuration.
- Adds support for multiple authenticated connections with the same username.
- New features allow easy creation of customized versions of Tunnelblick for simple deployment to multiple users.
Better Reliability:
- Fixes problems that caused "Set nameserver" and "Auto connect on launch" checkboxes to be cleared on quit if the "Details..." window was never displayed.
- Fixed problems that caused disconnects when any file in ~/Library/openvpn was accessed (for example, by backup software).
- Fixes problems that interfered with storage or retrieval of usernames and passwords.
- Fixed problems that interfered with saving DNS settings (contributed by Diego Rivera).
- Fixed problems that caused problems with DNS settings upon DHCP renewal (contributed by Diego Rivera).
- Fixes problems that caused crashes when running under the 64-bit Snow Leopard kernel.
Better Localization:
- Complete German translation -- many thanks to Markus Schneider.
- Partial translations for Catalan, Chinese (both simplified and traditional), Spanish, French, and Korean. Thanks to Aleix Dorca, Aming Lau, Diego Rivera, Oliver Hill, and Kyoungmin Kim, respectively.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Tunnelblick User Reviews (17 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Nov 2 2009 |
CHEESECAKE I've been using this excellent software for a while to connect to office server running openvpn on windows server 2003 without any problems. If using an opensource solution, I prefer to use freewares on both client and server ends. Other clients on osx are good as well, but I don't think it's a good idea to charge customers for enhanced features of a free solution.
(Version 3.0b20) | |
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 | May 27 2009 |
PLANBFOROPENOFFICE As of version 3.0b10 and Mac OS X 10.5.7 all works well. I run Tunnelblick very stable. So the comments below of it crashing or not working are obsolete. A big Thank you for a great free tool.
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| Aug 6 2009 |
NEUTRALZONE No, the comments below were fair. After Viscosity changed from free to paid software, I actually returned to Tunnelblick for a while, used it for a few more months with an open mind, but yet again it let me down, while Viscosity fixed problems faster. And Viscosity is easily AppleScriptable, which was important to me. So I ended up actually paying for Viscosity and am happy with that. I have respect for the Tunnelblick project, but for my needs, paying for Viscosity was worth it. It is not the only instance in my life where paid software turned out to be worth it over free software in terms of the real costs and benefits. This post is not about pushing Viscosity, but about saying that the reservations expressed about Tunnelblick by multiple users are VALID.
(Version 3.0b12) | |
| Jul 28 2008 |
PIRX Works flawlessly and reliably for me for more than a year, using Witopia VPN. Brilliant app, good work. Upgrade Maniacs on Leopard may have lots of issues with many other softwares as well, so it is not fair hammer each one developer for compatibility issues.
(Version 3.0b9) | |
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| Jul 24 2008 |
NEUTRALZONE A day too late. I put up with Tunnelblick for months and just yesterday I switched to the new Viscosity, and I am amazed how much nicer and more stable it is.
(Version 3.0b9) | |
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| Jul 4 2008 |
OTTO_M The developer seems to have given up more than half a year ago. There is an alternative that works fine in Leopard: Viscosity 0.4 Viscosity imports Tunnelblick configurations and has been running without problems for almost a week now.
(Version 3.0b6) | |
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| Jun 26 2008 |
BUZZARD As with others, I am experiencing constant unexpected quits of Tunnelblick. So much so that the application is extremely frustrating to use. Unfortunately, I am using Witopia, and Witopia packages their paid VPN service with Tunnelblick. Accordingly, I have no other choice than to endure the constant instability of Tunnelblick. I am using OSX 10.5.3
(Version 3.0b6) | |
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 | Jul 16 2008 |
GOOFBALL Buzzard, there are some alternative options that you could try. For one, WiTopia now offer a free PPTP connection with every personlVPN subscription (http://witopia.net/pptpmore.html). PPTP works fine with OS X's built-in VPN-connector. Additionally, you could try Shimo (shareware, http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22929/shimo) which has proven to be an excellent VPN client and works great with OpenVPN (same VPN-technology used by Tunnelblick) as well as PPTP. Simply import your WiTopia profile (located at ~/Library/openvpn/openvpn.conf) and Shimo will automatically add the necessary keys and certificates (provided you have already installed WiTopia's Tunnelblick package). There also is another OpenVPN client for Mac called Viscosity (freeware, http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/27875/viscosity). But I haven't tried this one yet since I use Shimo. Therefore, I can't tell you whether it works well with WiTopia. Since it's free you might want to try it first though. Judging from it's MacUpdate comments it also does a fine job of importing Tunnelblick profiles. BTW, I'm not associated with any of these products, just a satisfied customer of both WiTopia and Shimo.
(Version 3.0b6) | |
 | Mar 2 2008 |
XAD hang on leopard, please fix it!
(Version 3.0b6) | |
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| Feb 9 2008 |
CHRISTOPH3 Same here. Tunnelblick dies and creates hung ovpn processes.
(Version 3.0b6) | |
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| Nov 12 2007 |
PSYCHOS Tunnelblick unexpectedly quits for me sometimes. This seems to happen when changing network connections, but not always. (I'm semi-frequently switching between my Airport and an EV-DO card.) When it happens, it leaves behind a stray openvpn process that I have to manually kill before I can establish another VPN connection. Tunnelblick will actually establish a new connection successfully, but it will be unusable unless I've killed the old openvpn process first. I'm running 10.5 on a MBP, clean install. Worked fine under 10.4. Anyone else experiencing this under 10.5?
(Version 3.0b6) | |
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| Oct 29 2007 |
CHRISTOPH3 Set nameserver is broken with 10.5.
(Version 3.0b5) | |
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