Mullvad VPN will only establish connections when the anti-censorship mode “UDP-over-TCP” is enabled. Using that mode produces very low internet speeds (~2,000 kb/s) and an unstable link. This behavior occurs only on Kicksecure, so I suspect it’s caused by specific system hardening measures in this distribution.
Has anyone found a fix or workaround?
I have experienced the same issue, even my speed is 20 times lower than yours because I am connecting from a coubtry wiyh heavily censorship.
I can’t say it’s related to Kicksecure even though I can say that:
Since summer 2025, I could not even connect to Mullvad VPN withn Kicksecure 17, never being able to establish a connection
Under Kicksecure 18 the VPN connects but it’s extremely slow and often disconnects
Maybe not related but as Tor is totally blocked here (I can’t for example run Whonix because of that or have always sdwdate time out), I may suspect some my ISP is blocking things so much that my internet connection is barely usable for privacy purposes, including the use of VPN