Re: ProtonVPN

On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 08:22:29 +0000
Bartosz Duszel <bartosz.duszel@protonmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if anyone uses ProtonVPN with FreeBSD? I see that there is a
> protonvpn-cli port available but not sure what it is exactly? It doesn't
> have maintainer and last update was in April 2021.

	I've been contemplating it - no more - I was planning on going with
openvpn.

> I don't mind using OpenVPN but on the Proton's website they note that
> their app support some advanced features like: NetShield Adblocker,
> Permanent Kill Switch, Kill Switch, Secure Core. Not sure if it's
> possible to have full feature-set available with OpenVPN too?

	I'm pretty sure it isn't - but I have an adblocker and a kill
switch is ssh <host> sudo shutdown now once the VPN is up isn't it ?

> I guess at this point I'm looking for some sugestions if I should play
> around with the protonvpn-cli port, use OpenVPN or maybe use Linux binary
> compatibility to run the official app?

	The port has openvpn as a run time dependency which gives a strong
hint that it wraps openvpn for protonvpn with a convenient interface.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>