From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   Hi, Henrik   
      
   On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:12:01 +0000, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:38:42 +0000, root wrote:   
   >> This is directed to anyone having knowledge about the inner workings of   
   >> openvpn software: how difficult would it be to add an integer parameter   
   >> to the invocation of openvpn which would instruct the network of the   
   >> number of times to bounce  packets around the network before going out   
   >> to the world?   
   >>   
   >> This would allow any vpn server to act as tor.   
   >   
   > I fear that this question comes from a confusion about how the term "VPN"   
   > is used and misused.   
   [snip]   
   > Would it be possible to make OpenVPN behave like tor? Yes, with   
   > opensource software like OpenVPN anything is possible, but you would be   
   > required to make major modifications of those "configuration" files named   
   > *.c .   
      
   This was the best analysis I've read on the differences between proxy servers,   
   VPNs, and commercial "VPN Services".   
      
   Thanks for the great synopsis.   
   --   
   Lew Pitcher   
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