Description:
Tunnelblick is a simple graphical user interface for the great VPN software OpenVPN 2.0 and higher. 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.
Icon Contest
As you will probably have noticed, the Tunnelblick icon is not very pretty.
Soon, we will release version 3.0 which will bring many of the most wanted
features. Wouldn't it be great if we could release the new version with a
new, pretty, shiny and elegant icon? Unfortunately we are merely programmers
and not graphic designers and would need a little help here.
Therefore we start an icon contest. If you are good in graphics or perhaps
even a professional designer, please participate.
The new icon could for example be just a better implementation of that tunnel
entrance. We like that tunnel idea.
Since this is an open source project, we will not be able to offer payment for
the logo. The winner will be rewarded by honor and thankfulness in the
Tunnelblick community.
We are awaiting your submissions!
Source and License:
Tunnelblick is released under a BSD style license. You can check out the latest source code via subversion here:
svn checkout svn://tunnelblick.net/openvpngui
For details on the build process, see
README.
Download:
Disk Images with a complete ready to use distribution are available as well. It includes the openvpn binaries from
the openvpn project, the tun/tap driver/kernel extension for Mac OS X, and the GUI application.
An alpha version of the new Tunnelblick 3.0 is available for testers.
We have received many helpful suggestions and feature requests for the new
version. We are still adding features. So it pays to visit often and try the
latest alpha version.
Tunneblick 3.0 has the following new features:
- Multiple simultaneous VPN-Connections
- Logging in a nice, tabbed window which you'll find under 'Details...'
- Fixed a bug where passphrases containing spaces didn't work
- Connections are being established up to 3 seconds faster
- Tunnelblick reacts to changes in the openvpn directory in real time. No
restart necessary anymore if adding or deleting .conf files.
It can be downloaded from
http://tunnelblick.net/alpha/.
If you find any bugs or have a suggestion that might improve the software,
please contact us at
info@tunnelblick.net.
Donation:
Tunnelblick is brought to you completely free of charge. If you are using
Tunnelblick and you like it, we encourage you to donate to the project.
Changelog:
- 28.09.2005: New Tunnelblick 3.0 alpha released. We are still adding
features! Please test especially the new features and tell us if you find any bugs.
- 30.08.2005: Upgraded to openvpn 2.0.2. Increased version to Tunnelblick
2.0.1
- 01.06.2005: Renamed Project to "Tunnelblick". Tunnelblick 2.0 with support for the management interface and Tiger released. It comes with the latest tun/tap driver for Tiger or Panther. Comes with OpenVPN 2.0-release.
- 08.04.2005: Updated to OpenVPN 2.0_rc20
- 28.01.2005: Updated Tun/Tap Driver to the latest version. Updated to OpenVPN 2.0_rc6. No restart at installation
required anymore.
Installation:
The disk images contain the following Mac OS X install packages:
- TUN/TAP driver for Mac OS X by Matthias Nissler, see README.tuntap or
http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~nissler/tuntap/
tap_kext.pkg
tun_kext.pkg
startup_item.pkg
- OpenVPN console application by James Yonan and the OpenVPN project, see README.OpenVPN for details or http://openvpn.net/
OpenVPN.pkg
- The actual Tunnelblick GUI application by Angelo Laub and Dirk Theisen.
OpenVPN-GUI.pkg
If you want to install all the packages at once, which is recommended for most users, double click on
Tunnelblick-Complete.mpkg
For further details, see
README.
Todo:
- Enable use for more than one VPN Connection simultaneously
- Provide an interface for log output. Currently, openvpn logs to the syslog
Angelo Laub, 2005
