MullvadVersion 45 released
2014-10-24
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.
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.
We now tunnel IPv6 as well as IPv4. This means you can get connected to the IPv6 internet through Mullvad, even without IPv6 support from your internet service provider.
It is not yet enabled by default as it does not work on some Windows computers. To use it, get the latest client program. Go to Settings and enable Tunnel IPv6. Try to reconnect. If it works: great, you have IPv6; now you can forget about it. If it fails to connect: disable Tunnel IPv6 again; everything will continue to work exactly as before.
Previously the Mullvad client program just blocked IPv6 on the computer to avoid leaks. Now it can route all IPv6 traffic through the VPN server. Any problems caused by the block will thus go away.
Those not using the Mullvad client program can just add the directive "tun-ipv6" to their OpenVPN configuration file.
A serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library was disclosed 30 hours ago. In short it allows (among other things) anyone on the Internet to extract the private keys used for encrypting traffic and identifying service providers to their users. A more complete description can be read on heartbleed.com. This affects a lot of different services including web, email, instant messaging and OpenVPN (which Mullvad uses).
As of a few hours ago all our servers have been patched and are no longer vulnerable. We are also releasing a new Mullvad client for all supported operating systems (OSX, Windows, Linux) and an updated configuration package if you use OpenVPN without the Mullvad client.
On the server side OpenSSL has been upgraded, and since we could not rule out a leak of one or all of our servers' private keys we have revoked all of them and generated new ones. The new client includes a Certificate Revocation List with all revoked certificates and a patched version of OpenSSL (for Windows and OSX users). Our Linux client doesn't bundle OpenSSL and relies on the user's Linux distribution.
To protect yourself against a so called man-in-the-middle attack when connecting to Mullvad you should upgrade to the new client immediately. If you use OpenVPN without using our client you should download a new configuration package from our website.
Version 42 is now available for download with several improvements. From now on we will provide a changelog for each release. You can see what's new here.
We hope that you like the new face of Mullvad. Please send us an email if you have any questions or feedback.
New payment option: international wire transfer.
Version 38 is now available for download featuring improved connection monitoring.
Version 37 is now available for download. It fixes a number of problems, the most important being starting on freshly installed Windows XP and Ubuntu 13.04.
Any one of our exit countries can now be used when the program has to circumvent censorship by avoiding OpenVPN filtering.
All account information should be restored now. Thank you for your patience.
We are having database problems. All customers should be able to connect now but the account page may show strange information for a few days.
The Mullvad client program now detects and circumvents (using obfsproxy) OpenVPN filtering as used in China, Iran, Syria and other places.
In locations where our website is blocked our client program can be downloaded via BitTorrent instead.
Version 33 of the Mullvad client program is now available for download. It has many improvements and solves several problems.
Problems in OSX Mountain Lion? See here.
Version 32 works on Ubuntu 12.04.
You can now choose exit country. This is where the computer will seem to be located. The currently available countries are Sweden and the Netherlands. Simply pick your choice in the Settings in the latest client software. Users of plain OpenVPN can edit the OpenVPN configuration file instead.
Users inside Sweden who want FRA circumvention should pick a non-Swedish country and enable the "Exclude Swedish traffic" option.
Version 29 fixes a tray icon display problem under Unity.
We now support the PPTP VPN protocol. Using this it is now easy to use our service on Android and iPhone / iPad.
Version 28 for Mac is now available for download. It has several improvements, the most important of which is that is works in OS X Lion (10.7).
MacOS X Lion (10.7) users can use the plain OpenVPN option while we are working on making the Mullvad client program available on Lion.
Version 27 fixes problems under Unity.
Downloadable configuration files and instructions make it easier to configure OpenVPN without the Mullvad software.
Version 26 of the program is now available for download. French translation (thanks Jems). Latest OpenVPN. Even better behind firewalls (can fall back to TCP port 80).
Version 25 of the program is now available for download. It has robustness improvements in order to be usable in difficult conditions, such as behind very restrictive firewalls.
The wikileaks.org domain has been taken down by their provider. Mullvad users and people using our public DNS can now reach it again.
This weekend the U.S. government hijacked over 70 domain names and redirected them to their own servers. As part of our ongoing struggle against censorship Mullvad users are no longer affected by this seizure. The domains work just like before the attack.
As a public service, we provide anyone on the internet access to our unpoisoned DNS server until other DNS server operators catch up. We also provide DNS server operators the configuration information required to easily follow our example.
The new Firesheep software listens in on wireless networks and automatically hijacks accounts on Facebook, Twitter and other web services. Mullvad provides protection.
Version 24 of the program is now available for download. The main new feature is the ability to use several ports.
We now accept anonymous Bitcoin payments.
It has been discovered that the IPv6 tunneling behaviour in Windows Vista and 7 can cause problems for anonymization. Users of Windows Vista or 7 should upgrade to version 23 which disables the IPv6 tunneling. It can also be disabled by hand.
By popular request we now take the next step beyond the limit raise and get rid of the data transfer limits altogether.
Version 22 of the program is now available for download. It improves error handling and investigation.
Version 19 and 20 wouldn't start on some Windows systems (Runtime Error R6034). Version 21 solves that problem.
The data traffic amount for each paid monthly period is increased to 100 GB. Existing remaining amounts are also doubled.
Version 20 of the program is now available for download. The most significant new feature is the option Block the internet on connection failure. It is an easy way to protect anonymity by blocking access to the internet in case the connection to Mullvad is broken. The traffic destined for the tunnel will be blocked until Disconnect or Quit is selected from the menu or until the connection is reestablished.