Mullvad



Mullvad In a Nutshell

Mullvad is a small VPN provider in Sweden, which makes them under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Thus, the provider processes data in accordance with the GDPR, which provides for inherent anonymity.
They have high levels of encryption available. Their VPN client has powerful tools included, the most notable being a useful killswitch feature. You can even pay for your account by Bitcoin or cash. Being a newer VPN provider, with a small network, we’re hoping that they continue to grow and improve they number of servers they're offering.

Mullvad Port Forwarding

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Openvpn
https://mullvad.net

This tutorial assumes that you can access the Raspberry pi over SSH. Please follow this tutorial for headless Raspberry pi setup.

Mullvad

This terminal-based guide walks you through the steps to connect to Mullvad VPN servers using OpenVPN.

Installation instructions

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  • Upgrade the OS to the latest and install openvpn

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install openvpn -y

  • In a browser, go to https://mullvad.net/en/download/openvpn-config/#/
  • Download a configuration file, by selecting the appropriate options.
  • scp downloaded file to raspberry pi. If you are using mac, a simple scp command from the terminal should work. If you are using windows, use programs like winSCP or MobaXterm.
  • Navigate to the directory where configuration zip file is copied on the raspberry pi.
  • Unzip configuration files, and navigate to the directory.

$ unzip mullvad_openvpn_linux_all_all.zip
$ cd mullvad_config_linux

  • Copy configuration files to /etc/openvpn/

$ sudo cp mullvad_ca.crt /etc/openvpn/
$ sudo cp mullvad_*.conf /etc/openvpn/
$ sudo cp mullvad_userpass.txt /etc/openvpn/

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  • Start the openvpn service :
  • Check vpn status:

$ echo 'curl https://am.i.mullvad.net/connected' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/vpnstatus
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/vpnstatus

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$ vpnstatus
You are connected to Mullvad (server nl-ams-017). Your IP address is x.x.x.x