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Cannot connect DroidVPN after upgrading to Lollipop
Posted on May 29, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
We've been receiving reports that users can no longer connect after upgrading their android device to Lollipop. The error messages that would appear if you are having this problem is "Error: Failed to protect VPN socket!" or "Error: Failed to start engine!". We believe this problem is connected to this android bug report. When you first used DroidVPN there is a pop up notification with a checkbox labeled "I trust this application". The bug basically makes your device think that you have already checked [Read more...]What is a port?
Posted on March 17, 2015 @ 8:42 pm
"In computer networking, a port is a software construct serving as a communications endpoint in a computer's host operating system. A port is always associated with an IP address of a host and the protocol type of the communication. It completes the destination or origination address of a communications session. A port is identified for each address and protocol by a 16-bit number, commonly known as the port number which ranges from 1 to 65535." Source: en.wikipedia.org An example for the use of port [Read more...]New version uploaded to Google Play - DroidVPN 2.34
Posted on December 29, 2014 @ 1:36 am
We just released a new version (2.34) on Google Play which contain fixes for the SELinux permission problem on Android 5.0.1 and 5.0.2. Android's security model is based on application sandboxes. Each application runs in its own sandbox. With the release of Android 4.3, Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is used to further define the boundaries of the Android application sandbox. This then created some problems on DroidVPN as some functions is no longer working because DroidVPN does not have the necessary [Read more...]New version uploaded to Google Play - DroidVPN 2.34 (OLD)
Posted on December 29, 2014 @ 1:34 am
We just released a new version (2.34) on Google Play which contain fixes for the SELinux permission problem on Android 5.0.1 and 5.0.2. Android's security model is based on application sandboxes. Each application runs in its own sandbox. Prior to Android 4.3, these sandboxes were defined by the creation of a unique Linux UID for each application at time of installation. With the release of Android 4.3, Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is used to further define the boundaries of the Android application s [Read more...]New version uploaded to Google Play
Posted on December 29, 2014 @ 1:22 am
We just released a new version on Google Play which fixed the SELinux permission problem on Android 5.0.1 and 5.0.2. [Read more...]