AirVPN announces the release of Eddie Desktop Edition 2.25 beta
AirVPN announces the new Eddie Air client version has been released: 2.25 beta. It is now ready for public beta testing.
How to test our experimental release:
- Go to download page of your OS
- Click the button Switch to EXPERIMENTAL
- Download and install
Quote:This is a new version of Eddie Desktop (Windows / Linux / MacOS).
The primary purpose of this release is to address several specific issues, including a significant CVE affecting macOS only. We expect it to be promoted to STABLE shortly. We are currently working on a substantial codebase refactoring aimed at evolving Eddie Desktop into a more modern client.
Main changelog:
- [change] [all] Encrypted profiles: save with PBKDF2-SHA256; backward-compatible decrypt of SHA-1 profiles
- [bugfix] [linux] Fix for distro without systemd
- [change] [all] Fine-tuning of "netlock.allow_ping" option
- [new] [all] "netlock.allow_ndp", default true
- [change] [all] OpenVPN 2.6.17
- [bugfix] [macOS] CVE-2025-14979: fix (shortcut-cli removed)
- [change] [windows] hardened SSH key file permissions to reliably remove orphaned ACL entries and prevent "bad permissions" errors
- [change] [windows] Updated projects and scripts to Visual Studio 2026
More Information HERE
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