From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 03:45:37 +0000, root wrote:   
      
   > Henrik Carlqvist  wrote:   
   > For the purpose of my question the difference between vpn and proxy does   
   > not matter. Your description informs me that I get the use of a proxy   
   > server for about $3/month, but it is called NORD vpn.   
      
   Yes, that was my point and that is why the difference between a VPN and a   
   proxy server matters.   
      
   >> OpenVPN is not intended to be something like tor, it is simply VPN   
   >> software in the true meaning of VPN, to encrypt network traffic between   
   >> a VPN server and one or more VPN clients.   
      
   > I understand that the openvpn doesn't have what I want, but it does take   
   > my traffic and sent it, via the intermediary, to where I want.   
      
   For OpenVPN to be useful you will need to run OpenVPN at both ends. You   
   cannot solve any problem (VPN or proxy related) by only running OpenVPN   
   at your end.   
      
   > If, instead, it were to route the traffic among other instances of the   
   > proxy it would, like TOR, be more difficult to work backward from the   
   > destintion to me.   
      
   If you want tor, use tor. You will be able to use tor because all the   
   nodes involved with tor are running tor.   
      
   >> 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 .   
   >   
   > The configuration files I use all are .ovpn. I suppose you are not   
   > referring to those.   
      
   No, I am not referring to those configuration files, I am referring to a   
   complete rewrite of the software.   
      
   But instead of adding tor functionality to OpenVPN you might be able to   
   use OpenVPN on top of tor. If an OpenVPN client is configured to connect   
   by a tor proxy on localhost the OpenVPN server will not be able to see   
   the IP address of the client. However, I don't see any point in doing so.   
   A VPN server usually don't allow any radnom client to connect to the VPN.   
   Usually some kind of credentials are used to connect to a VPN and those   
   credenials are used to identify the client regardless of IP address used   
   by the client.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)