Thank you for your help, Seth, I followed your instructions to the letter but I still immediately get the same error: "The VPN connection failed because there were no valid VP..."
On 15 November 2016 at 07:05, Seth Ciango <seth.cia...@gmail.com> wrote: > Francisco, > > Try switching to TCP 443 to sidestep hotels and other providers that block > VPN. I've had more success with that. > > > Leonardo, > > You will want to create two VPN connections through the Network dropdown via > VPN Settings. The first uses weaker encryption but will allow a connection > over a common unrestricted port. This is useful in hotels and coffee shops > that filter traffic. The second connection will be more secure and should be > used exclusively whenever possible. > Download both of these certificates to your phablet/Documents folder: > > http://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/ca.crt > http://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/ca.rsa.4096.crt > > > > Connection 1: This will use the BF-CBC cipher over port 443 and work > anywhere. > Server: italy.privateinternetaccess.com > Use Custom Gateway Port: Checked > Port: 443 > All network connections: Checked > Type: OpenVPN > Protocol: TCP > Authentication Type: Password > Username and Password for your PIA account > CA Certificate: ca.crt (Browse to the file that you downloaded) > Cipher: default > Compress data: checked > > > Connection 2: For normal AES-256-CBC > Everything is the same except: > > Port: 501 > CA Certificate: ca.rsa.4096.crt (Browse to the file that you downloaded) > Cipher: AES-256-CBC > > > After you are connected to PIA, make sure that you're using the correct > cipher. Open the terminal and run: > grep -i cipher /var/log/syslog > > Something is configured incorrectly if you see: "WARNING: 'cipher' is used > inconsistently, local='cipher AES-256-CBC', remote='cipher BF-CBC'" > > If nothing shows up in the syslog when connecting with Connection 2, you > have connected successfully with AES-256-CBC > Connection 1 will negotiate to use BF-CBC and that will show up as a WARNING > in the syslog. That is to be expected. > > > For more information on the different certificates and ports: > https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/hc/en-us/articles/225274288-Which-encryption-auth-settings-should-I-use-for-ports-on-your-gateways- > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Francisco Pina Martins > <f.pinamart...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have my OpenVPN connection working on my BQ Aquaris E4.5 OTA13. >> >> I can use it both as a local connection (which only gets used for >> resources on my VNP network), or as a fully tunnelled connection, >> effectively hiding my traffic from whatever operator I'm connected to. >> >> I have, altough, noticed that on some operators (eg. some hotel wifi >> connections) if I use the tunnel, the connection gets dropped almost >> immediately. >> >> The issue you are experiencing, though seems to be a missing "secret". You >> can try to edit the file with your VPN connection name in the directory: >> >> /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ >> >> >> That should give you some more options to deal with. >> >> >> Best, >> >> >> Francisco >> >> >> >> >> On 14-11-2016 21:45, Leonardo Donelli wrote: >>> >>> Hey guys, >>> Did anyone manage to setup Private Internet Access VPN with Ubuntu >>> Touch? (OTA-13) >>> >>> I've tried various ways that I've found online but no lack, the vpn >>> connections fails immediately with a notification: "The VPN Connection >>> <> failed because there were no valid VP.." (truncated) >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp