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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.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.0b10:
  • fix linking problem that resulted in lzo compression not working on PowerPC
  • prevent user from launching tunnelblick directly from the dmg
  • remove experimental status from 'Set Nameserver' and make it the default
  • upgrade to OpenVPN 2.1_rc15
  • let buffered openvpn log messages appear in the GUI log
  • possible fix for the crash if password is mistyped when using username/password authentication
  • add version number to plist file
  • don't restart connections on NetworkDidChange notification. fixes issue where existing connections would be reset when starting multiple simultaneous vpn connections.
  • always use --script-security 2 so users are allowed to supply custom up/down scripts. needed for OpenVPN 2.1
  • add missing example config file
  • properly escape special chars in username or password/passphrase before passing them over to the management interface. fixes issue where the password/passphrase was not accepted when it contained backslashes or " chars.
  • use NSStatusWindowLevel for notification windows. fixes issue that Tunnelblick icon remained visible in spaces or fullscreen mode of some apps.
  • increase robustness when killing openvpn children by explicitly sending the SIGTERM to the process id instead of just sending "signal SIGTERM" over the management socket
  • kill all openvpn processes on quit. fixes a rare condition where openvpn processes would be left over on Tunnelblick quit
  • Add German, French, Japanese, Korean and Norwegian translations
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Angelo Laub
Downloads:16,660
  - Version d/l:3,602
Utilities:Network
License:Free
Date:20 Nov 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
****.
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Tunnelblick User Reviews (16 posts)Write A Review
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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.  
(Version 3.0b10)

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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
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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)

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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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Oct 28 2007

ZEITKIND  The new version (3.0b5) has a bad bug - it's NOT universal. The main binary is intel only (OpenVPN 2.0.9 i386-apple-darwin8.10.1), so it won't run on PPC machines. I was able to "fix" it by using the macports binary. Hope they will fix that soon.  
(Version 3.0b5)

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