Hi. I have to use vpn from behind a proxy. How do i do that? I use the beta version of tunnelblick. Thanks
Sent from my iPhone > On 09-Jun-2014, at 11:37 pm, Noel Romey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > I don't really have any issues with the tunnelblik client. What are > the problems you are having? I just created a folder, plopped my > .oenvpn config file into it, and then renamed the folder to > blah.tunnelblik (I think that's the extension). After thatn, you > click on teh tunnelblik profile and follow the prompts to import it > into tunnelblik. Then, open tunnelblik. It will go to your extras > menu which can be accessed by using voo+m twice in succession, then > vo+right to the tunnelblik icon and click. You will get a dialog that > should allow you to choose your proile. Sometimes VO goes crazy and > repeats things (I think there are containers you have to interact > with--it's been a few weeks since I used tunnelblik (I mostly use > openvpn on my phone). If VO starts repeating connection info, you may > need to command tab away, or click on another program.top interacting > with child controls. > > If you need more specific info, let me know and I'll fire p tunnelblik > and help you. It is quite accessible to me, and really the best mac > openvpn client out there. The other services mentioned are good, but > tunnelblik can be used to access all of them. Tunnelblik uses all of > the latest openvpn libaraies, so that's why I'm a fan. > > Noel > > >> On 6/9/14, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestions, but what I am really after is an accessible open >> VPN client that I can put my own details in. I am not after a VPN which is >> linked to a VPN service. >> >> >>> On 7 Jun 2014, at 20:26, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Yes I tried 2 solutions, both of which do work. I'll add some explanations >>> for those who are curious what vpn can do for you. But in short, these are >>> usable for us: >>> www.proxpn.com, iphone as well as mac, and: >>> www.getcloak.com . >>> >>> So what does vpn do for us, normal iphone users? An example. >>> If you are at a coffee shop and you get your mail from an old server at >>> your provider, then your phone must log in to the mail service, so you can >>> get your own mail. To do that, the phone in your hand needs to send your >>> email credentials, i.e. your mail username and mail server password, over >>> to the email server from which you want your mail to be sent to you. By >>> design, email protocols do not encrypt anything. Normally, that is not an >>> immediate problem. But when you are on a wifi hotspot, to your phone that >>> is the same thing as if you connect to your private wifi lan at home. And >>> at home, every computer can see and connect to all others. Likewise, In a >>> coffee shop, all devices on the coffee shop's same wifi spot, can see each >>> other as well. With a specialized program running on a laptop or on an >>> Android phone from someone else in the shop, folks are able to see all >>> traffic from all people, including from your own phone, that runs by >>> inside the coffee shop's wifi network. Your phone is transmitting your >>> email username and password through the air, so everything and everyone >>> around you, can catch that, if they know how to do that. And it's not >>> hard. >>> >>> If people have your email password, they can visit sites, and ask for a >>> password reset by email. And because the stranger now has access to your >>> mail, they can change your password on your important sites, and that >>> account of yours is then hacked. You don't want that to happen, do you? >>> >>> Luckily, modern email servers allow you to set up an encrypted connection, >>> starting from your phone all the way through the wifi and through the net, >>> over to your mail server, so that's a better deal if you can have >>> encrypted email, because no one along the way can read your traffic if it >>> is encrypted. For that to work, your email provider must support secure >>> mail using something called ssl. If you use ssl connections to get your >>> mail while you are on an untrusted wifi network, then you're good to go. >>> Unfortunately, not all and every internet service supports encrypted >>> connections, so it would be nice to have a general solution, that covers >>> not just your email traffic for your phone, but all traffic from and to >>> the phone. And that's what vpn can solve. >>> >>> A vpn eliminates this problem. Let me explain it this way. At home, your >>> network is safe, because you own it. So, how awesome would it be, if you >>> could make an encrypted connection from your phone in the coffee shop to >>> your house, and then get safely on to the internet from there.Then, no one >>> can look at your traffic. Well of course they can, but they will only see >>> static noise, rubbish, garbage coming by, because that's what encryption >>> does. >>> >>> If you had a vpn server running at home, then you could connect to it >>> using your phone, while you are in a coffee shop, or in anotheruntrusted >>> wifi network, and because it's vpn, virtual private network, your phone >>> encrypts your traffic, sends it home, and the vpn server there, then >>> throws it on to the internet just as usual. So if you had a vpn server >>> yourself, you could communicate through it in a very safe way, because >>> folks around you cannot see what you are doing, and therefore not get a >>> hold of your passwords as they fly through the air, from your phone to the >>> open wifi. >>> >>> Unfortunately, running a vpn server at home is not easy. I've tried it, >>> and boy is it frustrating. For me it worked, and then it stopped working. >>> I managed to fix it, and something else broke. You can have a vpn server >>> using a windows xp box at home, and you can also do it on a mac at home, >>> and probably on windows 7 or 8 but I'm not sure of those, but most people >>> will agree that it is troublesome. >>> >>> So therefore, commercial companies exist that do a good job. The principle >>> is the same. Now, you make an encrypted vpn tunnel using your phone, not >>> to your house, but into the commercial vpn server, run by the company you >>> choose. From there, your traffic is decrypted, and then sent on, through >>> the regular internet. To the service you are using, it will lokk as if you >>> are physically located at the same place where the vpn server is. >>> >>> It's not very expensive, a few bucks a month ranging from 3 or 4 to ten, >>> depending on who you choose. And it's a nice way to protect yourself from >>> other machines seeing your traffic. I was in Turky, and from my hotel, I >>> could not listen to Dutch radio streams. But when I turned on my vpn, >>> which was allowed, my tunnel ended in the Netherlands, and from there, the >>> hotel could not block me from listening to my favorite local news stream, >>> because the vpn connection is encrypted, so filters inside the hotel wifi >>> prohibiting me from doing stuff, can't catch the traffic. >>> >>> Pro xpn is a service that has a 7 day trial. If you like it, you can go >>> premium, which means that you then get access to your iphone vpn as well. >>> Within 7 days of purchase, no questions asked, you can get your money >>> back. Pro xpn has an iphone app, too. This app creates a profile for your >>> iphone. If you've never seen this before, it's something that changes all >>> necessary settings inside your iphone, in one single go. For instance, >>> some time ago, with pro xpn, you still had to go into your iphone vpn >>> settings, and then enter loads of stuff. A username, a password, ports, >>> choice of protocol and what not. But once you install the pro xpn iphone >>> app, the app creates a profile, and all we need to do now, is accept to >>> install it, and off you go, because the app creates all your necessary >>> iphone vpn settings. That's a breeze. If you now want to be protected by >>> pro xpn, simply go into iphone settings and turn on vpn. You can verify >>> that it's working, if you see the vpn icon in the iphone status bar. Pro >>> xpn also has a mac app. It's accessible and I'm using it daily. In this >>> app, you can choose where you want your vpn traffic to emerge on to the >>> big internet. >>> >>> If you listen to Leo Laporte's podcast called security now, which is on >>> www.twit.tv , then you'll get a promo code, which gives you 20 percent >>> off, not for the first month, but for the lifetime of your account until >>> you cancel. I don't want to give out this promo code, because the security >>> now podcast is really a thing you will want to listen to, if you are >>> security aware, or at least interested in it, and I'd like not to spoil >>> Leo's efforts. I myself have pro xpn. >>> >>> There is also a thing called cloak. Basically the same thing. It creates a >>> profile, and setting up is a snap. You can buy a lasting subscription, but >>> this thing allows you to buy a month pass for 10 bucks, so that you can >>> get vpn when you want it, and not have it and not pay for it, if you >>> decide so. Cloak has the advantage of automatically protecting your >>> traffic, if the app sees that you are now connected to a wifi network that >>> you did not explicitly trust. In other words, you are always protected, >>> unless you go off wifi, which is normally reasonably safe, and all shields >>> are also down if you decide to trust your home wifi network. Cloak turn on >>> and off your vpn connection as needed. I did not personally try the cloak >>> mac app, but I did have it on my iphone and it works fine and accessibly. >>> >>> Hth, >>> Paul. >>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Chris Moore <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Anyone know of an accessible Open VPN client for the Mac? >>>> >>>> I have tried TunnelBlick, but I can't access the icon which appears in >>>> the menu. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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