# Mullvad

Mullvad is a VPN service based in Sweden which operates OpenVPN and PPTP servers. This article explains how to set up an OpenVPN connection to Mullvad.

## Configuring OpenVPN

Mullvad supply their own client but it can also be used with a manual configuration of Openvpn. Install openvpn and openresolv. Download the Mullvad OpenVPN configuration files from Mullvad and unzip into /etc/openvpn. Rename mullvad_linux.conf:

    # mv /etc/openvpn/mullvad_linux.conf /etc/openvpn/mullvad.conf

In order to use the nameservers supplied by the VPN, a script needs to be called when starting and stopping OpenVPN to update resolvconf with the correct servers.

    /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

    #!/bin/bash
    #
    # Parses DHCP options from openvpn to update resolv.conf
    # To use set as 'up' and 'down' script in your openvpn *.conf:
    # up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
    # down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
    #
    # Used snippets of resolvconf script by Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
    # and Chris Hanson
    # Licensed under the GNU GPL.  See /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
    # 07/2013 colin@daedrum.net Fixed intet name
    # 05/2006 chlauber@bnc.ch
    #
    # Example envs set from openvpn:
    # foreign_option_1='dhcp-option DNS 193.43.27.132'
    # foreign_option_2='dhcp-option DNS 193.43.27.133'
    # foreign_option_3='dhcp-option DOMAIN be.bnc.ch'
    # foreign_option_4='dhcp-option DOMAIN-SEARCH bnc.local'

    RESOLVCONF=/usr/bin/resolvconf

    case $script_type in

    up)
      for optionname in ${!foreign_option_*} ; do
        option="${!optionname}"
        echo $option
        part1=$(echo "$option" | cut -d " " -f 1)
        if [ "$part1" == "dhcp-option" ] ; then
          part2=$(echo "$option" | cut -d " " -f 2)
          part3=$(echo "$option" | cut -d " " -f 3)
          if [ "$part2" == "DNS" ] ; then
            IF_DNS_NAMESERVERS="$IF_DNS_NAMESERVERS $part3"
          fi
          if [[ "$part2" == "DOMAIN" || "$part2" == "DOMAIN-SEARCH" ]] ; then
            IF_DNS_SEARCH="$IF_DNS_SEARCH $part3"
          fi
        fi
      done
      R=""
      if [ "$IF_DNS_SEARCH" ]; then
        R="search "
        for DS in $IF_DNS_SEARCH ; do
          R="${R} $DS"
        done
      R="${R}
    "
      fi

      for NS in $IF_DNS_NAMESERVERS ; do
        R="${R}nameserver $NS
    "
      done
      #echo -n "$R" | $RESOLVCONF -x -p -a "${dev}"
      echo -n "$R" | $RESOLVCONF -x -a "${dev}.inet"
      ;;
    down)
      $RESOLVCONF -d "${dev}.inet"
      ;;
    esac

Make it executable:

    # chmod +x /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

The VPN can then be controlled through `openvpn@mullvad.service`.

## Mullvad Client

Mullvad also supply their own graphical client, packaged as mullvadAUR.

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- VPN providers