ProtonVPN servers can be setup as VPN for Linux using the ‘openvpn’ package and with the appropriate config files.
As an example, the below step-by-step guide shows how to setup a connection on Ubuntu 16.04LTS in a few easy steps.
Note: To address frequent DNS leaks on linux, we’ve updated this guide with new Linux specific config files and new instructions to connect via CLI (see option B below)
The necessary config files can be found in the Download section of the ProtonVPN dashboard.
1. Install the necessary packages:
- First, install the ‘openvpn’ package by opening a terminal (press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [T]) and entering:
sudo apt-get install openvpn- It will prompt you for your password to allow installation, enter it to proceed
- When it prompts you to confirm the installation, press ‘y’ and hit ‘[Enter]’
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Note: if you do not have administrator privileges on your machine, please contact your system administrator and ask them to perform the installation for you.
- Second, install the ‘network-manager-openvpn-gnome’ package, for easier use and compatibility with the Ubuntu Network Manager GUI, by entering:
sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome- Again, when it prompts you to confirm the installation, press ‘y’ and hit ‘[Enter]’
2. Get the ProtonVPN config files:
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Download the wanted configuration files
- Log into your ProtonVPN dashboard at account.protonvpn.com/login
- Select Downloads on in the left navigation bar
- Find the OpenVPN configuration files section and chose
- Platform: Linux
- Protocol: UDP (recommended) / TCP if you experience slow VPN speeds (this utilizes port 443)
- Click the download icons for the server you wish to download
- If you selected “Download All configurations”, extract the zip file in your desired location
3. Find your OpenVPN credentials:
For added security, ProtonVPN is setup with two separate credentials to authenticate a connection.
Learn more about how two pairs of credentials increases security of ProtonVPN.
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Log in to the ProtonVPN dashboard.
- Click Account on the left.
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Find the ‘OpenVPN login’ section
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Set your OpenVPN password by clicking ‘Set OpenVPN Password’ and following the prompts.
Note: We strongly recommend to use a long, unique password which is not used anywhere else!
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Optional: Set your OpenVPN login to something memorable.
NOTE: We strongly recommend to use a nondescriptive name which is not related in any way to your ProtonMail login!
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Memorize your OpenVPN login and password (or temporarily note it down and keep it in a safe place)
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Alternatively, for existing ProtonMail:
- Log in to your ProtonMail account.
- Go to the settings tab in the top right corner and then select the VPN submenu on the left
- You will find the same information in the ‘OpenVPN login section’
Option A: Configure a VPN connection using Network Manager
Attention: At this point, there is a known issue with DNS Leaks on distributions up to Ubuntu 16.04LTS (and its dependencies and parents). If you find that you too are affected by DNS leaks, we recommend you to use Option B below.
A1. Adding a new connection
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Click on your connection symbol, in the system menu on the top right and select ‘Edit connections’.
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Click ‘Add’ in the new window to create a new connection.
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Select ‘Import a saved VPN configuration…’ in the dropdown menu
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Import the config file of the server you want connect to, by navigate to the location where you extracted the ProtonVPN_config.zip and selecting the desired file.
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The files are named with a two letter abbreviation of the destination country and a number to show which server in that country. For example: de-01 is the first server in Germany; ca-04 is the fourth server in Canada, see this article for a list of abbreviations.
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Files with two country abbreviations are secure core servers, for example: is-us-01 is the secure core connection over Iceland to the USA. Learn more about our Secure Core feature.
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Enter the OpenVPN credentials from step 3 in the ‘username’ and ‘password’ field of the new window and hit save.
- For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: there is an issue specific to 14.04 where importing the configuration that does not read all settings automatically. If you are experiencing issues with the auto import feature with the network manager, please drop us a line at support{at}protonvpn{dot}com for further instructions.
A2. Establish the VPN connection:respectively
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Click on your connection symbol in the system menu
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Select ‘VPN Connections’, click the entry of your newly added config and it will automatically connect to your chosen ProtonVPN server.
- You will see a popup confirming the VPN connection has been established and a lock next to your connection symbol. Congratulations, you’ve just successfully connected to ProtonVPN!
A3: Optional: To add more connections, simply repeat step A1 with different configuration file(s).
Option B: Connecting using the command line interface (CLI)
Note: if you do not have administrator privileges on your machine, please contact your system administrator and ask them to perform the connection for you
- Open a terminal (press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [T]) and navigate to the folder where you unzipped the config files using
cd <path>. In our example, they are located in~/ProtonVPN_config_linux/so we enter:
cd ~/ProtonVPN_config_linux
- Enter the following to initialize a new connection :
sudo openvpn <config.ovpn>
where <config.ovpn> is the config file name of the server you want to connect to, e.g. ch-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn for Switzerland #1
- Enter your PC’s administrator password to execute (
openvpnwill modify your network adapters and needs root privileges)
- Subsequently you will be prompted for your OpenVPN credentials from step 3, enter your crendetials to authenticate
- You are succesfully connected to ProtonVPN once you see
Initialization Sequence Completed. - Keep this Terminal open, to stay connected to ProtonVPN.
- To disconnect, press [Ctrl] + [C] and/or close the Terminal
Additional Ressources
Download Linux config files via the Dashboard
Related articles
Does ProtonVPN store user information?
Be sure to have the /sbin/resolvconf if you want OpenVPN to update your DNS entries.
On debian9 => apt install resolvconf
If you don’t have this bin, you will get DNS leaks.
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The protocol described in option B doesnt prevent from random DNS leak in my case (Mint 18)
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Hi to all,
Here is my homemade solution for the DNS and IPv6 leaks issue on Ubuntu 16.04 and surely other Debian ditrib.
1/ get the VPN server IP instead of its domain name (simply using a ping command) : x.x.x.x instead of xx.protonvpn.com
2/ modify the .ovpn config file of your server choice by replacing the xx.protonvpn.com by the ip you got step 1/
3/ open the network manager (edit connections after clicking on the network icon in the status bar)
4/ delete the old VPN setting, and recreate one using option A with the new .ovpn config file (or simply double click on it and modify the gateaway the same way as above – do not erase the port x.x.x.x:X)
4 / for all your connections, but not the VPN profile: go to the IPv4 tab: set it to IP adress only (DHCP) and let the DNS server adress blank, in order to have no DNS resolver (think about saving your preexistent ones in .txt if there are)
5/ for all your connections and the VPN profile: set IPv6 tab to ignore (so you avoid ipv6 hazardous leaks)
5 / deactivate – reactivate your network adapter in order to have to new setting applied
6/ test you have no DNS resolver by checking ipleak.net (if it doesnt work it’s nice)
7/ connect to the VPN (you will automatically be using the VPN DNS server)
8/ test with ipleak.net
9/ don’t forget to deactivate the WebRTC interface in your web browsers (and do not use chromium instead of chrome !)
Waiting for a real patch, it will do the job !
And let me know if it does work for you 😉
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do use chromium / firefox instead of chrome *
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Wow 4 leaks with the second method, what am I paying for here?
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I consider this product to be still a beta version.
Too bad. I’ll have to check back next year. In a few weeks I’m due to renew my existing VPN subscription with another company and I’ll have to stick with them.
I’m running Linux Mint 17.3 (~= Ubuntu 14.04LTS), and ProtonVPN does not work for me. I tried installing the explicitly beta version, failed, updated/edited the config files on my own, failed, tried the ProtonVPN support’s fix, failed again.
And now, with the “production” version, it looks like we’re still where we were what was it – three months ago?
My existing VPN setup took about 5 minutes, works, and I have no problems with it. I don’t have a Ph.D. in EE, and am not a system administrator, so ProtonVPN is complex and confusing at best. And, in addition, does not work.
OK. In six or eight months I’ll give you one more try when I get a new laptop and install an updated OS, but that’s it.
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Hi !
I just bought the ProtonVPN (plus) subscription plan for 1 year on Linux Mint 17.2 (Rafaela) (MATE)
I followed the instructions here :
https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup
Using the console setup. And i only get this message :
Thu Jul 13 04:55:57 2017 write UDPv4: Operation not permitted (code=1)
Repeated over and over.
So far i tried with two different ProtonVPN servers, this one :
ch-ca-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
And this one :
ch-us-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
Using this command line :
sudo openvpn ch-us-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
I am already using another VPN and wanted to switch to ProtonVPN before my previous suscription ends.
What am i doing wrong please ?
Thank you.
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Please submit a support request to
https://protonvpn.com/support-form
so that we can look into it.
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Can I pay in bitcoin? If yes how to proceed? Thank you.
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Yes, you can, you have to do it through ProtonMail: https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/paying-with-bitcoin/
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Openvpn does not come with the script update-resolv-conf by default, so the current configuration files are broken for a pure openvpn installation, which is what happens on most of the linux distributions. For instance, my phone, on SailfishOS.
I would suggest, you protonvpn guys, to also provide that script. In addition, security is weakened by “script-security 2”.
There is a situation in which normal users, namely all those not having a nickname rooted on a particle from the Standard Model, and not finding the update-resolv-conf script could try to download that script from the internet without really knowing what it does thereby opening an easy security hole.
My 2 cents 🙂
Tauvpn, the heaviest of all.
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The script can be found here:
https://github.com/masterkorp/openvpn-update-resolv-conf
It comes standard with alotof/most linux distros.
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I could not agree more.
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Hey !
Thx for your job Proton, I’m glad to use your VPN as a privacy guard of my life on internet.
By the way, is there any official way to correct the DNS and ipv6 leak i’m experiencing on Linux ?
On Fedora, some websites still do know where I’m living. I can’t bear it 🙂
Cheers
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hi, currently our servers do not yet support ipv6. we recommend users to disable ipv6 networking capabilities while we are working on adding this feature.
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re: vpn services generally:
what ports open on the machine could be visible at the other end of the vpn?
can the user restrict what ports are visible to only what is needed?
also can I install it on freeBSD? ..
(maybe could try compiling the linux version?)
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How can i have the pem files please ?
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hi please drop us a line via protonvpn.com/support-form
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DNS AND IPv6-address leak fix
Recently I reported several leak issues and now I have a fix that works at least on my system
To get rid of DNS and IP6-address leakage from IPv6 the following procedure
has resolved the leaking (Verified on several proton-servers)
Install network-manager-openvpn and its dependencies
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sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome
add the following to your .opvn configuration file at the end, but before
the certificates
##################################
block-outside-dns
script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
##################################
Import this configuration file into the networkmanager
To disable leaks (IP and DNS) from IPv6 do the following:
1 Enter gksudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf and open the configuration file and
2 add the following lines at the end
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
3 After that run $ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6
If it reports ‘1′ means you have disabled IPV6. If it reports ‘0‘ then please follow Step 4 and Step 5.
4 Type command sudo sysctl -p you will see this in terminal:
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
5 Repeat above “Step 3” and it will now report 1.
Open /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf in an editor and change
dns=dnsmasq
to this:
#dns=dnsmasq
Don’t forget to comment out any IPv6 hosts in your /etc/hosts file
Disable all IP6 in the networkmanager in the IP6 tab
reboot the – works for me!
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Ubuntu 16.04 openvpn:
IP address from IP4 is hidden but ipleak.net detects my IP6 ISP IP address. So openvpn does not only leak DNS but also real IP6 IP!
I can prevent DNS leak when I do the following:
Open /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf in an editor and change
dns=dnsmasq
to this:
#dns=dnsmasq
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Solution DNS leak linux via networkmanager: go to system > etc. > networkmanager > networkmanager.config > and than change ‘dns=dnsmasq’ into ‘#dns=dnsmasq’. Tested on ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS and worked. Let me know in the comments if it solved your DNS leak with OS info.
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SOLUTION DNS LEAK LINUX Networkmanager
wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1639776/+attachment/4780245/+files/dnsmasq-base_2.76-4ubuntu1FIX1639776ubuntu1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i dnsmasq-base_2.76-4ubuntu1FIX1639776ubuntu1_amd64.deb
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works for me (Mint 18). Thanks
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I’m trying to set up my Netgear R8000 router which I’m running LEDE on. Using this as a rough guide [https://help.my-private-network.co.uk/support/solutions/articles/24000005597-openwrt-lede-openvpn-setup] and the config .ovpn file settings obtained via ProtonVPN Downloads for DD-WRT UDP, I saved tls-auth & ca.crt files as suggested, added the missing fields and completed all fields except for ‘mssfix 1450’ as I couldn’t locate that anywhere. When I click start in the OpenVPN instance, nothing happens. I don’t have logs set up as that looks all too hard (andsomething to read up on way later). Can anyone suggest what I may have done wrong.
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Bonjour, i’am working on Microsoft Windows 10 and this tutorial not working on VirtualBox Kali Linux …no internet connection. Pleaz need your help
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This helped resolve my DNS leaking and IP leaking. I am new to VPNs but this patch for network-manager helped
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1624317/comments/71
He released a fix for Ubuntu 17.04 (perhaps it applies to earlier versions) that resolved an issue with network-manager leaking DNS with VPNs. Please check out the comments further down the page written by Stommel. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1624317
He later links to this page. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783569
it fixed my issues.
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How does the device count (in terms of pricing plan) work if I use ProtonVPN on my router (OpenWRT)? Are all traffic going out from the same router treated as one “device”?
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What login vpn for linux?
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please use your openvpn credentials to log in (not your account credentials)
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This doesn’t work
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I suggest to check out the airvpn client for Linux. It is easy to use and have a lot of features.
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Can this be incorporated into ddwrt?
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yes, we’ll be updating with guides in the near future
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As well as PfSense?
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DNS leaks with new settings, how would I protect against this?
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hi John, please drop us a line at https://protonvpn.com/support-form with a detailed description of your setup and how you connect (cli vs nm)
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Thank you for your continued efforts to support the Linux community. I just created a VMWare virtual machine Ubuntu Mate 16.04 + current updates + openvpn packages per your instructions. I configured a vpn connection using is-03-protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn from your Linux config files collection using network manager – again per your instructions. When I connect with the vpn I observe that my assigned address is 185.159.158.50 which appears to be in Iceland. So far, so good.
I accessed a DNS leak check site (https://hidester.com/dns-leak-test/) and ran a test. It confirms my address but the leak test results are:
Real DNS IP: 162.210.192.160
DNS Host: 162.210.192.160
Country: United States
City: Manassas LeaseWeb USA Inc.
162.210.192.160 is in fact the address of my router/gateway computer which provides Internet access to my LAN. It is running CentOS 7.3 and is accessing your US vpn server us-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn file. Openvpn is run from the command line and uses my home made DNS leakage mitigation process.
I further observe that your Linux .ovpn file has these lines added to the end. These scripts are SUPPOSED to address DNS leakage on Linux.
script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
With the vpn connected I observe tthat
/etc/resolv.conf is linked to /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf
the latter file contains:
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND — YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.1.1
Disconnecting the vpn make no change to the link nor to the target resolve.conf file. the nameserver is still 127.0.1.1
Perhaps I have made an error in configuring the test machine or perhaps there is some more work to do (or perhaps it is an issue with the Mate desktop.) Please let me know if I can provide some additional information or do some additional testing for you.
Issue #2 – Openvpn when used via network manager does NOT fail in a safe direction. By that I mean that when the vpn connection drops – either by user action or some network anomaly/blip etc. – the computer will continue to access the Internet WITHOUT the benefit/protection of the vpn.
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Hi Ken, we’ve submitted a ticket for you via the support form, our support team should get back to you with detailed instructions soon.
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I’m using RHEL 7 and tried to use the latest config files adjusted for linux from CLI, but still DNS leaks. Is there any reliable solution? Thanks
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hi it could be that the required files for resolf-config (last three lines in linux config files) are located in a different directory for you. can you verify that these exist or alternatively adapt the path to the location on your machine?
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Is there a reason why the file “is-us-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn”, which was included in the zip of ovpn files a couple months ago, is no longer included in the most recent download? Does this mean it’s no longer safe to use that particular configuration file?
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We just brought our Swiss Secure core servers online and shifted the US connection to go via CH. the IS-US connection is depreciated and will be taken offline in the future, hence we removed it from zip file. Recommend to use the CH-US one instead
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Systemd has a bug in Ubuntu 17.04 which prevents DNS leak prevention ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1624317 ). But following the instructions in this comment fixed it for me:
[admin edit: removed quote due to length. It can be found in link below]
Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1624317/comments/42
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thanks for the suggestion. We’ll introduce platform specific config files soon which will have the necessary script security lines included to run without DNS leak from CLI
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Glad to hear it!
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Notice that, currently, Ubuntu 17.04 suffers from a bug in network-manager-openvpn which prevents the import of .ovpn config files: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-openvpn/+bug/1677198
I found that using the terminal works with the following command: sudo openvpn –config /path/to/protonvpn/configfile.ovpn
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Any chance that the issue has been solved in the new version of Network Manager 1.8? (https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager)
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Any setup examples for tomato router? Thanks!
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Following the instructions I complete the installation successfully for Linux, Mac, iOS. Only iOS changes my IP address. The Mac warns of the IP address being unchanged. Linux doesn’t warn and isn’t behaving as intended.
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For getting ProtonVPN to work on Linux, Step 4 (Configure a VPN connection), the end of the paragraph reads:
In the editing page, enter the OpenVPN credentials from step 3 in the ‘username’ and ‘password’ field respectively, and hit save.
But, when I enter my ProtonVPN username and password, the “Save” button remains grey/dis-abled. There is no way to save. How can I continue?
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This sounds like you might need separate OpenVPN cert and key files because your network manager doesn’t recognize the ovpn config file properly (similar to Ubuntu 14.04LTS issue). Please contact us at support@ and let us know your OS version.
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I’m glad to see from a comment above that you are working on a native Linux client. In the interim, would it be possible to provide user-friendly guides on how to configure/test the built in networking tools & OpenVPN for:
> how to protect against DNS/IP leaks + verification process
> how to prevent any outbound connections that aren’t going through the VPN + verification process
My biggest issue with VPN services (and self-described secure services generally) is a lack of transparency about how their technologies function and what their weak points can be, and without making verification processes (and notifications) clear, the essential element of trust is compromised to some degree.
In any case, speeds are looking great compared to my previous provider and I intend on sticking with you guys. Thank you for your work!
(I am currently using Antergos+KDE)
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Thanks for the suggestions and encouraging words. We’ll be adding details to our guides and publish more technical details about our configurations as we get closer to launch. Our goal is to be as transparent as possible so that you know whom you’re trusting with your VPN connection.
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Comment by Ken Taylor (Mar 19): “Network Manager tends to simply switch to an direct Internet connection in the case of a VPN disconnect.”
If true, this is unacceptable, and this procedure should be re-written to not use Network Manager.
I am using Lubuntu 16.04LTS. I failed to connect with this procedure. At the end of step 4, a window popped up saying, “Enter password for keyring ‘Default keyring’ to unlock”. It is unclear what password is wanted, I tried every one I could think of. In fact that is another problem, entirely too many passwords and it is unclear which is wanted where, or whether they might be stored in some password manager or have to be manually entered every time (the discussion at the end of step 3 was not clear about this).
“Click on your connection symbol, in the system menu on the top right” This had me going for a while. My menu bar is at the bottom, and I finally understood you wanted to enter the Network Manager. You should say so (although again, maybe we should not use Network Manager for vpn).
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I am currently using ProtonVPN on my Ubuntu workstation using the setup steps outlined above. My ISP is Spectrum, previously known as Time Warner Cable (I’m in the US).
My question is, do my outbound requests go from my ISP’s DNS server to ProtonVPN’s servers, or does ProtonVPN circumvent my ISP’s DNS server? The latter would be ideal for privacy purposes.
Also, how would I be able to test this out? I’m a novice Linux user with knowledge of basic everyday terminal commands, so please be as specific as possible.
Thank you!
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Our exit nodes are set up as their own DNS, therefore if everything is running correctly, you will not have to rely on the DNS of your ISP.
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Do you plan to release a Linux application similar to the Windows application, or will Linux users just use OpenVPN?
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we do plan to support mac and linux natively and development is currently in the early stages. no release date set yet. stay tuned
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For anyone running this from shell or terminal in a Unix environment this is how to set it up.
My example is running on a DD-WRT router with a usb thumb drive mounted at /opt. My working directory is /opt/openvpncl/proton/. You can put it wherever you want, just make sure to change all paths in the following to suite your needs.
So you need 6 files in your working directory:
openvpn.conf
auth.conf
proton_ca.crt
proton_tls.key
route-up.sh
route-down.sh
I will now breakdown the contents of each file. Just copy and paste between the solid lines.
openvpn.conf:
note: replace (enter server address here) with the server you wish to connect to.
example: remote ca-03.protonvpn.com 1194
You can use either the domain name or ip address of the server.
__________
ca /opt/openvpncl/proton/proton_ca.crt
management 127.0.0.1 16
management-log-cache 100
verb 3
syslog
writepid /var/run/openvpncl.pid
client
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
script-security 2
dev tun1
proto udp
cipher aes-256-cbc
auth sha512
auth-user-pass /opt/openvpncl/proton/auth.conf
remote (enter server address here) 1194
comp-lzo adaptive
tun-mtu 1500
mtu-disc yes
fast-io
tun-ipv6
tls-auth /opt/openvpncl/proton/proton_tls.key 1
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
ping 15
ping-restart 0
ping-timer-rem
reneg-sec 0
remote-cert-tls server
pull
key-direction 1
__________
auth.conf
note: replace each line with your username and password respectively.
__________
username
password
__________
proton_ca.crt:
This file contains your the Certificate
__________
—–BEGIN CERTIFICATE—–
MIIFozCCA4ugAwIBAgIBATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQ0FADBAMQswCQYDVQQGEwJDSDEV
MBMGA1UEChMMUHJvdG9uVlBOIEFHMRowGAYDVQQDExFQcm90b25WUE4gUm9vdCBD
QTAeFw0xNzAyMTUxNDM4MDBaFw0yNzAyMTUxNDM4MDBaMEAxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkNI
MRUwEwYDVQQKEwxQcm90b25WUE4gQUcxGjAYBgNVBAMTEVByb3RvblZQTiBSb290
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N8BOyb94yhQ7KO4F3IcLT/y/dsWitY0ZH4lCnAVV/v2YjWAWS3OWyC8BFx/Jmc3W
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A1gTTlpi7A==
—–END CERTIFICATE—–
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proton_tls.key:
This file contains the TLS Key.
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—–BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1—–
6acef03f62675b4b1bbd03e53b187727
423cea742242106cb2916a8a4c829756
3d22c7e5cef430b1103c6f66eb1fc5b3
75a672f158e2e2e936c3faa48b035a6d
e17beaac23b5f03b10b868d53d03521d
8ba115059da777a60cbfd7b2c9c57472
78a15b8f6e68a3ef7fd583ec9f398c8b
d4735dab40cbd1e3c62a822e97489186
c30a0b48c7c38ea32ceb056d3fa5a710
e10ccc7a0ddb363b08c3d2777a3395e1
0c0b6080f56309192ab5aacd4b45f55d
a61fc77af39bd81a19218a79762c3386
2df55785075f37d8c71dc8a42097ee43
344739a0dd48d03025b0450cf1fb5e8c
aeb893d9a96d1f15519bb3c4dcb40ee3
16672ea16c012664f8a9f11255518deb
—–END OpenVPN Static key V1—–
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route-up.sh:
This file contains iptables for routing.
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#!/bin/sh
iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -o tun1 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -o tun1 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -D INPUT -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -D FORWARD -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -D FORWARD -o tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -o tun1 -j ACCEPT
stopservice dnsmasq -f
startservice dnsmasq -f
cat /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq > /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq_isp
env | grep ‘dhcp-option DNS’ | awk ‘{ print “nameserver ” $3 }’ > /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
cat /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq_isp >> /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
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route-down.sh
This file deletes the iptables that were created in the above file and is used when shutting down the VPN connection.
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#!/bin/sh
iptables -D INPUT -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -o tun1 -j MASQUERADE
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Now that your working directory is populated with the above files all that’s needed is to run the following command from the terminal to start the connection:
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openvpn –config /opt/openvpncl/proton/openvpn.conf –route-up /opt/openvpncl/proton/route-up.sh –route-pre-down /opt/openvpncl/proton/route-down.sh –daemon
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To check if your connected run the following from a terminal:
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curl -s ipinfo.io
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This will give you your ip address and location information to verify you’re connected to the VPN.
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Next step would be to setup a startup script to start the VPN on startup. I’ll leave that up to you.
Hope this helps. Took me a while to figure it all out! 😛
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Thanks for sharing all your hard work and knowledge!
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You can make it run on startup by un-commenting the line “AUTOSTART=”all”” in “/etc/default/openvpn”, though this may require your files to be in “/etc/openvpn” rather than “/etc/opnvpn/protonvpn”.
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Ok Here’s how you get this setup on DD-WRT via the GUI:
-Login to the router’s web GUI. In my case, http://192.168.1.1/
-Navigate to Services Tab
-Navigate to VPN sub Tab
-Scroll down OpenVPN Client click Enable
-Set the following settings:
Server IP/NAME: us-04.protonvpn.com #Change to whatever server you’d like to connect to
Port: 1194
Tunnel Device: TUN
Tunnel Protocol: UDP
Encryption Cipher: AES-256 CBC
Hash Algorithm: SHA512
User Pass Authentication: Enable
Username: yourusername
Password: yourpassword
Advanced Options: Enable
TLS Cipher: None
LZO Compression: Adaptive
NAT: Enable
Firewall Protection: Enable
IP Address: Leave Blank
Subnet Mask: Leave Blank
Tunnel MTU Setting: 1500
Tunnel UDP Fragment: Leave Blank
Tunnel UDP MSS-Fix: Disable
nsCertType verification: Leave Un-Checked
TLS Auth KEY: Insert Auth Key here
Additional Config: tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
ping 15
ping-restart 0
ping-timer-rem
reneg-sec 0
remote-cert-tls server
pull
key-direction 1
Policy based Router: Leave Blank
PKCS12 Key: Leave Blank
Static Key: Leave Blank
CA Cert: Insert CA Certificate here
Public Client Cert: Leave Blank
Private Client Key: Leave Blank
-Click Apply Settings
-Now give it a few seconds then navigate to Status Tab
—Navigate to VPN Sub Tab
You should see “Client: CONNECTED SUCCESS” along with Local Address and Remote address.
Fire-up a browser and google “what’s my ip”. You should be up and running.
Cheers!
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Worked like a charm! Appreciate it!
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Some progress.
Firstly, I noticed the default tunnel device is tun0 and so I changed my route-up and route-down scripts to reflect that.
Log files indicate
“WARNING: Failed running command (–up/–down): external program fork failed”
This is due to script-security being set too high. And so I added script-security 2 to the openvpn.conf file in order to allow running of external scripts.
Ran it again and BAM just like that I was connected and traffic was being routed through the tunnel.
Running “curl -s ident.me” revealed 162.210.192.157 confirming my ip address was that of the vpn server.
Something is still wrong with the routing however. The router itself is connect to the VPN. I can ping google.ca and get a response. However all devices on the network are dead in the water. No WAN access. ping google.ca returns no response.
That’s as far as I got so far with DD-WRT.
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So I wanted to start simple. Run openvpn using one of protonvpn’s config files. I created my openvpn.conf file to be verbatim from us-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn.
Then ran the following command:
openvpn –config /opt/openvpncl/proton/openvpn.conf –route-up /opt/openvpncl/proton/route-up.sh –route-pre-down /opt/openvpncl/proton/route-down.sh
Log File:
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Apr 2 18:41:36 router daemon.notice openvpn[21675]: OpenVPN 2.3.8 arm-unknown-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [MH] [IPv6] built on Oct 24 2015
Apr 2 18:41:36 router daemon.notice openvpn[21675]: library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015, LZO 2.09
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.warn openvpn[21698]: WARNING: –ping should normally be used with –ping-restart or –ping-exit
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.warn openvpn[21698]: NOTE: starting with OpenVPN 2.1, ‘–script-security 2’ or higher is required to call user-defined scripts or executables
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Control Channel Authentication: tls-auth using INLINE static key file
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash ‘SHA512’ for HMAC authentication
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 512 bit message hash ‘SHA512’ for HMAC authentication
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Socket Buffers: R=[180224->131072] S=[180224->131072]
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]162.210.192.157:1194
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]162.210.192.157:1194, sid=e4a59209 aefffd23
Apr 2 18:42:04 router daemon.warn openvpn[21698]: WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory — use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: VERIFY OK: depth=2, C=CH, O=ProtonVPN AG, CN=ProtonVPN Root CA
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=CH, O=ProtonVPN AG, CN=ProtonVPN Intermediate CA 1
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Validating certificate key usage
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: ++ Certificate has key usage 00a0, expects 00a0
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: VERIFY KU OK
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Validating certificate extended key usage
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: VERIFY EKU OK
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: VERIFY OK: depth=0, CN=us-01.protonvpn.com
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher ‘AES-256-CBC’ initialized with 256 bit key
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Data Channel Encrypt: Using 512 bit message hash ‘SHA512’ for HMAC authentication
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher ‘AES-256-CBC’ initialized with 256 bit key
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Data Channel Decrypt: Using 512 bit message hash ‘SHA512’ for HMAC authentication
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 2048 bit RSA
Apr 2 18:42:05 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: [us-01.protonvpn.com] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]162.210.192.157:1194
Apr 2 18:42:07 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: SENT CONTROL [us-01.protonvpn.com]: ‘PUSH_REQUEST’ (status=1)
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: PUSH: Received control message: ‘PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 10.8.8.1,sndbuf 524288,rcvbuf 524288,explicit-exit-notify,route-gateway 10.8.8.1,topology subnet,ping 60,ping-restart 180,ifconfig 10.8.8
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: explicit notify parm(s) modified
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: –sndbuf/–rcvbuf options modified
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Socket Buffers: R=[131072->360448] S=[131072->360448]
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: –ifconfig/up options modified
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: –ip-win32 and/or –dhcp-option options modified
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: peer-id set
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: OPTIONS IMPORT: adjusting link_mtu to 1637
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.8.8.51 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1500 broadcast 10.8.8.255
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: /sbin/route add -net 162.210.192.157 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 50.70.176.1
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: /sbin/route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.8.8.1
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: /sbin/route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.8.8.1
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.warn openvpn[21698]: WARNING: External program may not be called unless ‘–script-security 2’ or higher is enabled. See –help text or man page for detailed info.
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.warn openvpn[21698]: WARNING: Failed running command (–route-up): external program fork failed
Apr 2 18:42:08 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Initialization Sequence Completed
Apr 2 18:44:02 router daemon.err openvpn[21640]: event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
Apr 2 18:44:02 router daemon.err openvpn[21698]: event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
Apr 2 18:44:02 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: SIGTERM received, sending exit notification to peer
Apr 2 18:44:02 router daemon.notice openvpn[21640]: SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting
Apr 2 18:44:03 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: /opt/openvpncl/proton/route-down.sh tun0 1500 1637 10.8.8.51 255.255.255.0 init
Apr 2 18:44:03 router daemon.err openvpn[21698]: WARNING: Failed running command (–up/–down): external program fork failed
Apr 2 18:44:03 router daemon.notice openvpn[21698]: Exiting due to fatal error
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Here’s my route-up.sh script:
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#!/bin/sh
iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -o tun1 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -o tun1 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -D INPUT -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -D FORWARD -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -D FORWARD -o tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -o tun1 -j ACCEPT
stopservice dnsmasq -f
startservice dnsmasq -f
cat /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq > /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq_isp
env | grep ‘dhcp-option DNS’ | awk ‘{ print “nameserver ” $3 }’ > /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
cat /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq_isp >> /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq
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Here’s my route-down.sh script
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#!/bin/sh
iptables -D INPUT -i tun1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -o tun1 -j MASQUERADE
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Still need to get up and running DD-WRT.. Anyone out there experimenting with this? I’d love to compare notes. I’m running OpenVPN 2.3.8. I can get the tunnel up but for some reason the routing is all messed up and all devices have no wan access. I’ll keep working on it and post my progress. Any help from the Proton team and the community would be greatly appreciated. DD-WRT via shell would be most useful to me. But via the GUI would also help and be more user friendly for the general population.
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On currently trying <out ProtonVPN on Ubuntu 16;04(I'll try it on my Windows 10 PC later) and so far I'm trying to figure where I messed up,because I've tried 2 servers,but the connecttion fails.
AFAIK,I got steps 1 and 2 correct,so that only leaves step 3.I imported a vpn connection,entered a server,plus my OpenVPN ID and password from my ProtonMail backoffice,so I can't figure out what I've missed.
Any ideas?
Android app?
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Looks like there are no name servers set. Connected using the command line on Ubuntu 16.10. You can ping a specific address, but I had to manually edit /etc/resolv.conf in order to get name resolution working.
Any chance this will be fixed on PM’s side?
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Found the answer here. Not sure why this is not part of the downloaded config files, Proton, can you answer?
https://protonvpn.com/support/prevent-dns-leak/
add the following to the end of the .ovpn file
script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
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I’m using Mint 17 and am trying to get the connection manager to work.
I go through the procedure listed above and select the .ovpn config file. Then I change the authentication type to password, but it wont let me save it without a CA Certificate file, which it says needs to be .pem, .crt, .key, or .cer. Is there a way to convert the .ovpn file to the appropriate file type? Thanks!
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Mint17’s network manager has an issue with importing integrated config files (where the ca is in the ovpn file) similar to Ubuntu 14.04. Upgrading to a later Mint version should solve this problem. Alternatively drop us a line and we’ll send you the necessary files.
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Thanks, i got my answer for a question I posted one minute before 🙂 . But, at least, there’s a way to make it works (it works with me/Cinnamon 17.2).
1) Download and extract the zip package with the OpenVPN configuration files
2) Open Terminal and set-up OpenVpn (only if you need it) :
sudo apt-get install openvpn
sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnomen
3) enter : sudo openvpn /[path to.Proton .ovpn file] and follow instructions (enter login and password).
You should get “Initialization Sequence Completed” if it’s working.
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glad that it worked for you. Do note that currently, the CLI connection will per default not accept the DNS options which are pushed by our servers once you connect – hence we recommend the network manager approach.
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I’m interested in having steps for configuring pfSense. I have managed to establish a connection, however I have been unable to ping the gateway address.
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I managed to figure it out.
System -> Cert. Manager
CAs tab
Add button
Descriptive name:
Method: Import an existing Certificate Authority
Certificate data: <contents of section of ovpn file>
Save
VPN -> OpenVPN
Clients tab
Add button
Server mode: Peer to Peer (SSL/TLS)
Protocol: UDP
Device mode: tun
Interface: any
Local port:
Server host or address:
Server port: 1194
Proxy fields: blank
Server hostname Resolution: Checked
Description: Pick something
Username: OpenVPN username
Password: OpenVPN password
TLS authentication: checked
Key: < section of ovpn file>
Peer Certificate Authority:
Client Certificate: None (Username and/or Password required)
Encryption algorithm: AES-256-CBC (256bit)
Auth digest algorithm (SHA512 (512-bit)
Hardware Crypto:
IPV4 Tunnel Network: Blank
IPv6 Tunnel Network: Blank
IPv4 Remote Network(s): Blank
IPv6 Remote Network(s): Blank
Limit outgoing bandwidth:
Compression: Enabled with Adaptive Compression
Topology: Subnet
Type-of-service: Checked
Disable IPv6: Checked
Don’t pull routes: Unchecked
Don’t add/remove routes: Unchecked
Custom options: tun-mtu 1500,tun-mtu-extra 32,mssfix 1450,persist-key,persist-tun,ping 15,ping-restart 0,ping-timer-rem,reneg-sec 0,remote-cert-tls server,auth-user-pass,pull,fast-io,key-direction 1
Verbosity: 3
Interfaces -> Assign
Available network ports:
Add button
Click on new interface
Enable: Checked
Description:
IPv4 Configuration Type: None (handled by OVPN)
IPv6 Configuration type: None
MAC Address: Blank
MTU: 1500
MSS: 1450
At this point the connection is established. use NAT/firewall rules/static routes to route traffic to the VPN.
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Hi Chris, thanks for helping out other users with details on what worked for you. Happy testing
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This worked for me as well but I had to change my OpenVPN login from the default one to something else because auth kept failing
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Debian Testing on KDE worked quickly and without any problems.
To get it working using the Network Manager GUI:
1.) open the connection editor (e.g. right click the wifi symbol in the tray and Configure Network Connections)
2.) Click the Connection pull-down and select Import VPN
3.) Choose the proton .ovpn file
4.) Choose whether to copy certs to ~/.local/share/networkmanagement/certificates/ (either choice works)
5.) Choose the newly imported protonVPN connection from the list and Edit it
6.) Add the correct username and password under VPN(openvpn) tab and click OK
7.) Test the connection (it should work!)
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Hey DebKDE,
Dumb question: Did you look at the logfile to ensure that NetworkManager is doing host authentication? I checked this with Debian Jessie (stable), and it didn’t look to me like that rev of nm-openvpn-gnome did the host authentication check.
thanks!
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Thanks! I got ProtonVPN working on Antergos/KDE with these steps.
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Thanks, works for me as well on Fedora 25, x86_64, SELinux enabled.
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“Click on your connection symbol, in the system tray on the top right and select ‘Edit connections’.”
Where is it? I don’t see this anywhere on Ubuntu 16.
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Just got this up and running on Ubuntu 16. Easy setup and works great! Thank you Proton for this excellent beta.
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Are there any official instructions or suggestions fit using ProtonVPN on a router to direct all network traffic through it?
E.g. using the OpenVPN options in an open-source firmware like dd-wrt?
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Instructions for Fedora Linux users…
1. sudo dnf install NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome openvpn
2.a. Download ProtonVPN_config.zip file as indicated in the instructions.
2.b. …
mkdir ~/.local/share/protonvpn
cp ProtonVPN_config.zip ~/.local/share/protonvpn/
cd ~/.local/share/protonvpn
unzip ProtonVPN_config.zip
3. Follow original instructions
4. On GNOME desktop…
4.a. Upper right corner, open the System Menu (it’s not the System Tray, by the way)…
Settings icon > Network > Bottom-left, click “+” > Import from file…
(you will have to start typing “.local/” to get to the hidden .local file)
Selection a server in your region.
4.b. Input your OpenVPN login (User name) and password and click Add
4.c. Close the Settings menu dialogue
5. On GNOME Desktop, navigate to the upper right corn and open the System Menu again
Click on VPN Off and scroll/browse down to one of the newly configured VPN options.
Click the on/off slider
5.a. Alternatively, you can click on Network Settings, browse to your VPN item, click on it, and ensure the ON/OFF slider is set to ON
Done.
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The Red Hat family? In particular… Fedora?
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I’ve tried everything to get this to work with DD-WRT.. No dice. Via the web interface or by manually starting openvpn via ssh. Has anyone had any luck with setting this up on DD-WRT? I’m running Kong 28000M. I’d appreciate any help. Cheers!
Here’s my .conf file:
ca /opt/openvpncl/proton/proton_ca.crt
tls-auth proton_tls.key 1
management 127.0.0.1 16
management-log-cache 100
client
dev tun1
remote ca-03.protonvpn.com 1194
proto udp
remote-random
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
comp-lzo
verb 3
script-security 2
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun
ping 15
ping-restart 0
ping-timer-rem
reneg-sec 0
remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass /opt/openvpncl/proton/auth.conf
pull
fast-io
auth-nocache
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Thank you for the great service (and email) ! I have been testing ProtonVPN on CentOS 7.3 with the Mate desktop. So far, so good. I am running OpenVPN on a dedicated tiny PC which serves as a router and DHCP server for my home LAN.
I am testing the VPN from Network Manager and from the command line as fr..in describes above. Based on my experience with another VPN service which I use, I prefer the command line method as it will cause all Internet traffic to stop if/when the VPN connection is lost. Network Manager tends to simply switch to an direct Internet connection in the case of a VPN disconnect. Not cool!
I have also been doing some leakage testing. The only concern which I have been unable to resolve is potential DNS leakage. The command line approach does not seem to offer any way to mitigate this. Nor does Network Manager (although I read that Ubuntu is supposed to deal with DNS leakage – I will have to test). That said…
Can you provide the addresses for a ProtonVPN DNS? That would seem to be a way to partially mitigate the leakage issue. Any DNS requests would be seen only by the ProtonVPN DNS server – which we can trust.
Thanks!
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On an up-to-date Fedora 25 Desktop with Gnome shell, OpenVPN keeps asking for and rejecting my login credentials – which have been stored and which are correct according to what is saved in my ProtonMail VPN settings – and that’s it.
Trying on command line with
sudo openvpn –openvpn {path/to/config/file.ovpn} –auth-user-pass {path/to/text/file/with/username&password}
results in failure, as well:
Sun Mar 19 12:12:03 2017 AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED
Sun Mar 19 12:12:03 2017 SIGTERM[soft,auth-failure] received, process exiting
What to do?
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Hi Jezza, if this issue persists, please contact our support team via the form at the bottom
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I use the Ubuntu version 16,10 and the program ProtonVPN works perfectly. I made an attempt with Win 7 but could not finalize the installation. It seems that I do not have sufficient permissions.
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Hi, anyone tried this with DD-WRT? I’m using the latest KONG build Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r31520M (03/01/17)
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Hey, I would also benefit from getting some basic dd-wrt instructions here.
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ok may I am a complete noob problem appears to be solved here just 48 hours ago: https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup/#comment-250
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See my post below. I got it up and running on DD-WRT v3.0-r28000M kongac (10/24/15).
Both GUI and Terminal write ups are below.
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I’m unable to save the imported vpn information without a .crt file. Is there one available?
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Hi O, reach out to the support team, they’ll be happy to supply one: https://protonvpn.com/support-form
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this just always times out for me ;-;
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dot / period / ” . ” in username gives auth error, thus not connecting.
Removing the dot fixes the issue, however i believe dots should be allowed!
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Thank’s!!!! This works very well, and extremely easy to setup.
I’m using VPN from privatevpn since several years but this was far easier to set up. Im running different linux installation on desktop and laptop, e.g. siduction and kubuntu. The only problem I had was to understand which password I was suppose to enter, since there are several to chose from. ProtonVPN, openvpn within protonmail, protonmail login password etc. Also, I dont understand the difference between the different VPN-files from the same country in the zipfile, again, documentation I guess.
Overall: Well done,
Thank you
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Question to DNS leak protection in linux.
I recognized that a dns leak test showed some non protonmail dns server. I was curious and tried out the ProtonVPN client in windows and the same dns leak test was ok (only 1 dns server from proton vpn showed up).
So is there a way to achieve this in linux too? I’m using Ubuntu 16 LTS.
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I’m no expert, but in my experience you need openvpn .conf files with the certificates broken out into different files for VPN use within command line Linux. Having to manually break the certs out is a pain.
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To update on this, I got the .ovpn files working via command line, but not via KDE’s NetworkManager gui.
Just note that having to manually break out the certs is a frequent complaint by ThatOnePrivacyGuy (very well respected VPN and Email reviewer for people dedicated to privacy), example here:
https://thatoneprivacysite.net/2016/10/12/crypticvpn-review/
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Hi protonboy,
in our current setting, latest 16.04LTS reads the integrated .ovpn files without a hitch. If you need the separated cert files, please contact support and we’ll get back to you.
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How about Android… Using openvpn client it fails with a failure to verify server cert… Any ideas?
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Hey Jom, check here https://protonvpn.com/support/android-vpn-setup/
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Hi,
I’ve tested openvpn connection on Android. Il have an error on certificate. Is it normal ?
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Try using OpenVPN for Android by Arne Schwabe. Just import the .ovpn config file and enter username and password when prompted. I haven’t had any issues.
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There is now also a step by step guide for android here https://protonvpn.com/support/android-vpn-setup/
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Experiencing troubleshooting wih Ubunu Mint Can get connection.
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Hi, please contact support and we’ll be happy to help.
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Any chance we could get instructions for set-up using connman? There’s also connman-vpn.
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How can I connect on Android? I tried OpenVPN Client but it needs a certificate which I didn’t find on this website.
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Hi Android User, currently the OpenVPN Connect app on Android has issues with our config files. We’re aware of the issue and are working on a fix and we’ll be distributing platform specific config files in the near future.
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Great, thank you.
I hope for it soon.
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Android support, this is incredible! Doing the lord’s work!
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If you use opensource ‘OpenVPN for Android’ app (http://ics-openvpn.blinkt.de/FAQ.html) everything is perfect. You can find it on Google Play or F-Droid.
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Hi, check out our android guide: https://protonvpn.com/support/android-vpn-setup/
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Ubuntu. Installed. Good How-To. Works like a charm. You guys are doing great work!
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There appears to be a bug with network-manager-openvpn-gnome wherein the applet crashes when trying to “import a saved OpenVPN configuration”. Would it be possible to add an example which shows how you’d go about entering one of the ovpn files manually?
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Hi there, I’m excited to start testing this service!
If we have troubleshooting questions, whom should we email?
Thanks.
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Hi storman_norman, you can always reach our support team via the support form at the bottom.
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The link
“Learn more about how two pairs of credentials increases security of ProtonVPN.” is broken.
Best
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Thanks, fixed.
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Hello Proton VPN Team!
I tried ProtonVPN on Debian Jessie. It works just perfect with following command, no GUI installed.
daniel@lnxdeb:~/protonvpn$ sudo /usr/sbin/openvpn –auth-nocache –config se-uk-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
What is the price of ProtonVPN service?
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Just trying…:
sudo openvpn –config [path to.Proton .ovpn file] –auth-user-pass [path to file containing username and password on 2 lines] works too.
Thank you !
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Hello,
Thank you for this complementary service. However, I cannot succeed to make it work on Plasma 5.9 (KDE desktop). I have nor errors neither logs describing what happens but the connection never work. Are you only supporting gnome or will you look at KDE desktop too?
Furthermore, whatever happen, it looks like I cannot change the password for the openvpn login in the user settings of protonmail. It says that everything is cool when I click on “save” but when I reload the page, it is the old password which is displayed.
Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
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Issue sorted with applet on Linux Mint 17-32 Bits. No help required thank you ! Please delete my comments and apologies for the unnecessary trouble
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Hi, what have you done? I experience trouble to setup the editing page, because an extra cert is required and there is none in the downloaded folder…
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Hi Luxlin, drop us a line at support@ and we’ll supply the necessary cert and key files. While they are already included in the ovpn file, some distro versions have trouble parsing the file correctly (e.g. ubuntu 14.04lts and its cousins)
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The link in section 3 is also broken. It should be https://protonvpn.com/support/vpn-login/ (minus the extra characters at the end).
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Thanks, fixed!
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Hi Guys.
I am running Linux Mint 17 / Mozilla Firefox. In the process of installing a new VPN I am unable to find that connection symbol and Edit connections features in system tray. Am I blind?
Click on your connection symbol, in the system tray on the top right and select ‘Edit connections’.
Any help please? Thank you
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Please can you clarify how I can use the encrypted VPN on a mobile android device? Thank you.
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Hi Tish, check out the android guide https://protonvpn.com/support/android-vpn-setup/
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I will be debating on switching to ProtonVPN once officially released.
The link in section 4. “Learn more more about our Secure Core feature.” is pointing to “http://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup ” please update to “https://protonvpn.com/support/secure-core-vpn/”
Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
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Hi protonman, thanks for pointing it out. It’s fixed.
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Hello Proton VPN Team!
I tried ProtonVPN on Debian Jessie. It works just perfect with following command, no GUI installed.
daniel@lnxdeb:~/protonvpn$ sudo /usr/sbin/openvpn –auth-nocache –config se-uk-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
What is the price of ProtonVPN service?
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