Proton with paid plans supports it or Windscribe.
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Note that Proton only supports it on Windows.
Their app only supports it on Windows, but you can configure it with OpenVPN and Wireguard.
Ubuntu network manager plugin they want you to use doesn't work last I tried. I did get port forwarding working though following some instructions for wireguard on an issue in that repo.
I use it on Linux. It's in the AUR if you'r on Arch as well as them having instructions to setup the client on a variety of distros:
Not a big fan of proton since you can't have a dedicated password for the VPN. I'll look into Windscribe, thank you.
You do get a dedicated username and password for OpenVPN.
Windscribe is fantastic. Been using them for years without issues. Support is great and I believe they've been proven to not scrape data on their customers (obviously verify independently if that's important to you).
also a protonvpn user. Had no problems
Are either/both of these blocked by Netflix and such? I know Mullvad took the stance of not genuinely caring about that -- which is fine, just meant some enabling/disabling annoyances.
Noob here. What's wrong with not having portforwarding?
Seeding/downloading torrents with private trackers requires portforwarding to be effective, also accessing a home network from the internet (I'm still researching that usecase, if someone has any useful tutorials I'll take it.)
So does not having port forwarding mean it’s not safe to use it for torrenting? As long as my ISP doesn’t know I’m illegally torrenting stuff, I’m not really concerned personally
It is as safe, it just adds extra (needed) functionality. See this post that was shared by Brickfrog right above https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/441108
It is as safe, it just adds extra (needed) functionality. See this post that was shared by Brickfrog right above https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/441108
I really like Windscribe
@AgedCheddar is Windscribe trustworthy?
They meet the criteria for Privacy Guides, at the very least: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/1312
I think they are, at very least on par with Mullvad. Much better than the likes of Nord, PIA, Express, and the likes
I had no idea but it looks like I’m going to have to reconfigure my stack again 😒
Just switched to AirVPN. All works well.
Same here. I've been really impressed with it so far.
I think you can even port forward with the free plan of ProtonVPN.
You can't. Proton only supports torrenting on specific servers that aren't included in the free plan
I have been a happy Proton VPN user for years.
cryptostorm, perfect-privacy, njalla, airvpn, protonvpn, windscribe. there's alot.
perfect-privacy requires PF to be set every 7 days. otherwise it’s good.
Jesus what a pain in the ass. I get that there are limited ports but that would drive me up the wall pretty quickly.
You have the option to auto-renew them. No downsides here imo.
The explanation of auto-renew says: "On expiration, new port forwardings will be created. The source port will be chosen randomly.". How will that work with bt client?
Not too sure. Right now I have a 1-to-1 forwarding which will expire later tonight and I have the auto-renew on. I will let you know if the port switches up or not.
Edit: I would not recommend Perfect-Privacy, their autorenew does not work.
How do proxies work with port forwarding? Are proxies an option? No matter what I will use a VPN at all times but by using a proxy in your bittorrent client, could you get "port forwarding" functionality?
Been using windscribe custom plan (2$USD/m) for years. Great apps (all are foss i think), great support (linux/android/windows/iot). I believe they have good privacy practices.
Here is a list of VPN services that accept crypto payments (a good proxy for being privacy friendly) https://kycnot.me/services#VPN
I use ProtonVPN and am happy but not sure if they allow port forwarding.
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