Mullvad rating
to make it short: I love it!
- really fast, those guys seem to have a decent bandwidth
- payment anonymous, account was enabled about 30 minutes after the transfer
- you can chose between different server locations (Sweden, Germany, Netherlands)
- automatic disconnect option in case the VPN connection fails through their own VPN client (beware, openvpn for example does NOT have such a function, so it can happen your connection drops and you keep surfing with your real IP without even noticing!)
- they allow you to use one account from 5 different locations at the same time!
setup VPN connectivity in Debian
ok, that was a bit of a pain in the rear. I am using xfce, but it's the same in every environment using GDM. in the "network-manager" applet (the one in the taskbar you use to connect to networks) there is the "VPN" option, but it's greyed out so you can not add new profiles.
the necessary packages are obviously not installed on a standard setup (which is a bit odd imo when providing the iface for it), and the howtos I found always missed one package.
so here is the complete command to enable all sorts of VPNs in the network manager:
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apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-openvpn network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome network-manager-vpnc-gnome
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/etc/init.d/network-manager restart
on the Mullvad site you can download the config files package (make sure you do this either instantly, or keep your customer ID in mind and replace it later in the URL, because the configs are customized for every customer in context with the ID).
extract the package.
in the VPN tab of the network-manager applet press "import" and load the "mullvad_linux.conf" file.
here I ran into a little annoyance on my netbook because the import window was too large so I couldn't access the "save" buttons and resizing wasn't possible...
if that happens to you too: press "Alt", grab the window with keeping the left mouse button pressed, and you can move it.
when all done you are ready to enable it and can finally surf anonymous!