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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 3.0b22: - Includes OpenVPN version 2.1_rc20, which fixes problems with the "redirect-gateway" option.
- Includes the 32/64-bit version of tuntap, which fixes problems running Tunnelblick on Snow Leopard under the 64-bit kernel. Thanks to the tuntap project, to Mohammad A. Haque for Xcode help, and to Jean-Philippe Jung for testing.
- Stores username in Keychain instead of preferences.
- Stores shadow copies of configuration files in /Library/Application Support/Tunnelblick/Users/username instead of /Library/Tunnelblick/username.
- Bug fixes: Fixes bugs that interfere with storage or retrieval of usernames and passwords. Adds new configs to OpenVPN Log window when it has been opened but is currently closed. Clears "Automatically launch Tunnelblick upon login" for error exits. Clean exit if 'running from .dmg' error. Fixes several memory and CF leaks. Fixes bug that caused attempt to kill openvpn process that had already been killed. Fixes potential problem detecting locked configuration files during shadow copying. Installer detects and reports errors making ownership and permission modifications.
- Enhancement: Creates openvpn-down-root.so and puts a copy of it in Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources, allowing use of OpenVPN 'user' and 'group' options by adding a line to the configuration file. See the Using Tunnelblick wiki for details.
- Deployment enhancements: Several changes have been made which make it easy to create a customized version of Tunnelblick that can easily be deployed to multiple clients or installed once for all users of a computer. Configuration, key, and certificate files and up/down scripts can be put into a Deploy folder within Tunnelblick.app, and Tunnelblick will use them instead of using files in ~/Library/openvpn. These files are read-only, and, combined with read-only preference overrides, can create a tamper-proof application. Such deployed applications may be updated via the automatic update mechanism without losing the configuration information. Detailed information is available in the Deploying Tunnelblick wiki.
- Other enhancements: Clarifies language in a few places. Adds a specific error message if unrecoverable error. Warns if all config files removed and gives a choice of quitting or installing and editing a sample config file. Warns if zero-length passphrase, username, or password. Adds Tunnelblick icon and the configuration name to all applicable dialog windows. Puts dialogs on top of other windows.
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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