Download
Click here to go to the download page, and select the latest SocialVPN version
Click here for the first-run how-to with screenshots
System Requirements
You will need to install the following pre-requisites if you don’t already have them installed:
Mac OS X: Tun/Tap driver for Mac only
Windows: Microsoft .NET Framework (only required for Windows XP)
Linux and Mac OS X: Mono .NET Framework
Installation instructions
Windows
- Extract archived file
- Run setup.cmd (run as administrator, right-click on Windows Vista and Windows 7)
- To start SocialVPN, run start_socialvpn (run as administrator, right-click on Windows Vista and Windows 7)
- To stop SocialVPN, run stop_socialvpn (run as administrator, right-click on Windows Vista and Windows 7)
Linux and Mac
- Install resolvconf and mono (see notes below)
- Extract archived file
- Run ./setup.sh
- Run ./socialvpn (as root)
Mac OS X Warning – Current Mac OS X support is in alpha phases with some known issues
- DNS settings need to be set manually
- Running SocialVPN twice without rebooting causes kernel crash.
* Resolvconf is necessary to avoid overwriting the /etc/resolv.conf file in Linux. Resolvconf only works for Debian-based distributions, another option is OpenResolv. We are currently looking for a better solution.
User Interface
Just point your browser to http://127.0.0.1:58888/ to access the web interface. You can also utilize the “svpncmd.exe” tool to manage SocialVPN from the command line without a browser.
There is a one-time configuration step you need to go through before you access the Web user interface: you need to enter your Jabber ID (e.g. jabberid@host.com), a name to identify your computer (e.g. my-home-pc) and your name to configure the SocialVPN.
Issue Tracker
Your feedback is important to us, please help us by reporting all bugs to our Google Code issue tracker at http://code.google.com/p/socialvpn/issues/list.
