← Back to team overview

ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

Re: VPN support (OpenVPN only)

 

If I understand correctly, OpenVPN is blocked in China by the government.
Now, it seems to me that shadowsocks is more a stable solution :)

Anyway, thanks for the app.

Best regards,
XiaoGuo

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Joey Chan <qqworini@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Pete,
>
> I think Chinese Users will love this feature   :P
>
> BR,
> Joey
>
> 2016-01-07 2:12 GMT+08:00 Pete Woods <pete.woods@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> As some of you may already know. Support for OpenVPN was landed into
>> rc-proposed on 24/12/2015. Unfortunately this doesn't include the official
>> UI that is part of ubuntu-system-settings.
>>
>> So here I'm including a prototype UI in a click that will let you try it
>> out:
>>
>> http://people.canonical.com/~pete/com.ubuntu.developer.pete-woods.vpn-editor_0.2.0_all.click
>>
>> In order for this to work you will need to be on at least:
>>
>>    - r202 for Arale rc-proposed
>>    - r213 for Krillin rc-proposed
>>    - (for other rc-proposed channels, make sure the image was built
>>    after the 24th)
>>
>> To set up your connection, the first step is to copy whatever
>> certificates you need onto the phone, via the standard Ubuntu file
>> explorer. I created a "vpn" folder inside "Documents", but you can place
>> them anywhere.
>>
>> Then you need to install the click app:
>>
>>    - Enable developer mode in Settings->About
>>    - adb push com.ubuntu.developer.pete-woods.vpn-editor_0.2.0_all.click
>>    /tmp
>>    - adb shell "pkcon install-local --allow-untrusted
>>    /tmp/com.ubuntu.developer.pete-woods.vpn-editor_0.2.0_all.click"
>>
>> Then you're ready to fire up the "VPN editor" app itself (refresh the
>> apps scope) and create a new connection. Pick your authentication type,
>> then fill locate the various certificates you need. If you are configuring
>> the Canonical VPN, please note there are a number of advanced settings you
>> need to duplicate from the settings on your desktop machine. I have tried
>> as best as I can to make this UI behave the same as it does on the desktop,
>> so hopefully it works well for you.
>>
>> I'm planning to add PPTP to the mix in the near future, so keep tuned for
>> that.
>>
>> Cheers, Pete
>>
>> --
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone
>> Post to     : ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone
> Post to     : ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>


-- 
XiaoGuo, Liu (刘晓国)
Mobile: +86-13911181302

Follow ups

References