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Mac VPN Client - Tunnelblick

Tunnelblick is an open source client for the mac.

It currently has some issues with Leopard, however, it works well with Tiger. For Leopard, version 3.0b9 seems to work best, although periodic disconnections happen, which is quite annoying.

Visit the Tunnelblick download page.

• Download and install Tunnelblick 3.0(B10) for Mac OS X (NEW as of Nov 20, 2008).
• There are some .ctr/.key files needed (make sure you follow the links to these in dis wiki properly):
  • AmahiHDAClient.crt
  • AmahiHDAClient.key
  • ca-cert.crt
• Download the .ctr/.key files and save them in the /Users/username/Library/openvpn folder, where username is the home directory of the current user.
• Go to the configuration for Tunnelblick and edit the config file.
• Click on the Tunnelblick icon in the upper right corner of the display, then click Details...
  
• "OpenVPN Log Output" window should appear, click on Edit Configuration. Make sure the Set Nameserver (Experimental) option is checked.
  
• Delete the default sample configuration
  
• Copy and paste the configuration below into the OpenVPN.conf file, replacing XYZ for your HDA's nickname:

      remote XYZ.yourhda.com 1194
      client
      dev tun
      proto udp
      resolv-retry infinite
      nobind
      persist-key
      persist-tun
      ca ca-cert.crt
      cert AmahiHDAClient.crt
      key AmahiHDAClient.key
      comp-lzo
      verb 3
      auth-user-pass

• Any time you want to connect from outside of your home network and into your home network, simply click on Connect
• Don't forget to click on the DNS option.
• Input your username and password
• It is possible to use keyrings. Will link here the details when available.

Note:

• The procedure above has been tested with an Intel-based Mac.
• If the latest does not work, try the Beta 3 of Tunneblick: Tunnelblick_3.0_rc3.zip