Hi,
I’m using Mullvad VPN for quite some years now. I have recently installed little snitch on my macbook but it blocks VPN.
Anybody has similar issues? Do you happen to know how can I configure little snitch not to block VPN?
It entirely depends on how you have set up little snitch. Without knowing anything else, the best thing I can think of to recommend to you is to set little snitch to always ask whether you want a connection to go through. Initially, this means that you will be inundated with requests from various apps for individual connections. For the time being, I would use the connection-request dialog to tell it to allow “any connection“ until the app quits, as this will give you some breathing room on alerts while you’re trying to figure out what’s going on with the VPN.
When little snitch presents you with a dialog for Mullvad or any of its sub-processes, allow them Forever at the most specific setting. Do this until you see a pattern in what sorts of requests it is making (specific IP addresses, specific ports, etc.). Once you have that, you can create a generalized rule for Mullvad (or the relevant sub-process) for that pattern and delete all of the more specific rules that relate to it. if you have any profiles set up, move the rules relating to Mullvad to the “active in all profiles profile“ section so it can always connect.
I will try to sit down and look up the rules that I have set up for Mullvad when I have a chance and post them.
I’ve run Little Snitch for years, have no issues like this.
(1)
Get the window for “Show Network Monitor” abd LS should list “Mullvad VPN” app in its list
Via disclosure triangle you’ll see all IP addresses and domains it has recently connected to via the app… and if any of them are blocked there will a red X to the right of the name/address. If you do NOT see any blocks then Little Snitch is probably not the problem.
(2)
Choose “Little Snitch Rules” and a new window will pop up. Peruse the list of ‘Denied’ domains to see if you accidentally blocked any mullvad domains you shouldn’t have.
Have you opened the Little Snitch network monitor and checked if the instance(s) of mullvad-daemon is set to allowed/green?
Here are my settings for Mullvad:
Protocol: Wireguard
Port: 51820
Obfuscation: Automatic
UDP-over-TCP Port: Automatic
Quantum: On
Multihop: Off
IP Version: Automatic
Settings for Little Snitch in “Effective in all profiles”:
Same here. Great Comment.
I double cheked and no denied rules apply to Mullvad (allow any outgoing connection is on)What I did is turn of the VPN obfuscation and it worked. Do you know what I can change in Little snitch settings so I can use Obsfucation?