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The recently disclosed vulnerability in OpenSSL named FREAK can be used to attack OpenVPN clients. We have released a new version of the client with a patch, as well as published a blog post explaining the technical details. Read more
Version 49 is now available for download. It contains a patch against the FREAK vulnerability. Users of our client for Windows and OSX need to upgrade to the new version. Users of our Linux client should get automatically patched through their distribution.Users of plain OpenVPN should download new configuration files and update their OpenVPN client. Read more
[THIS IS AN OLD BLOG FROM 2015-03-05] Read more
Version 48 is now available for download. It primarily solves an issue with Stop DNS leaks on systems with a non-english Windows install. Read more
Version 47 is now available for download. It solves a few DNS leak issues and uses AES-256 as the default encryption cipher. Read more
The default OpenVPN stream cipher in new clients and new configuration files is now AES-256. When encountering certain connection problems the client program will fall back to Blowfish 128. To use nothing but AES, set "cipher = aes256" in Settings -> Advanced. Read more
It has come to our attention that the new WebRTC standard can be used to expose the real public IP of people connected through a VPN-service. In short WebRTC allows users to have video and audio communications directly in the browser without any plugins installed, IPs being exposed is an unfortunate side-effect of how this works. Read more
On 2015-02-01 client programs older than version 46 will no longer be able to connect. Please upgrade. All too many users are still running clients with problems such as Heartbleed and the status indication malfunction. It does not make sense for us to expend effort keeping compatibility with these versions, hurting rather than helping those still using them. From version 46 the latest available version is dispayed in the program, making it easier to upgrade when appropriate. Please do. Read more
Version 46 is now available for download. It displays both the currently installed version and the latest available version. It also fixes a bug that produced too many error dialogs. Read more
Version 45 is now available for download. It fixes a bug that would cause the GUI to hang and thus show the wrong connection status. It also works on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Read more