OpenVPN is an open source implementation of a VPN gateway. More information about the software itself can be found at the OpenVPN project homepage

Supported platforms:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
  • Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
  • Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
  • Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
  • Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
  • Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
  • Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

Older version of Mac OS are not supported.

Installing Tunnelblick - Manual installation of configs & certificates.

  1. First, you need to download the OpenVPN client Tunnelblick from Google Code https://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/wiki/DownloadsEntry?tm=2
    WARNING! Mac OS X Mavericks (10.10) users must use the latest BETA version.
  2. Double-click on the downloaded file.
  3. Install Tunnelblick by double-clicking on the Tunnelblick icon.
  4. Start Tunnelblick once and then quit it. (This will create the folders in which you extract the configs.)
  5. Now download blackvpn_osx.zip (md5) and unzip the file.
  6. Double-click on blackvpn.tblk to install the configurations
  7. Start Tunnelblick (in your Applications folder) by double-clicking on it.
  8. Authorize Tunnelblick with your Mac OS X username and password and click OK to continue.

tunnelblick-login

Connecting to the blackVPN Service

1. An icon for the program should appear on the right side of the menu bar.

Click on it and select Connect and choose a VPN location from the drop-down menu.

2. Authenticate yourself with your blackVPN username and password and click OK to initiate the connection.