Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-21 Thread Matt Connell
On Sat, 2023-08-19 at 22:34 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: >   Many commercial VPNs claim to support linux.  Do they do this at the > OS level as an executable, or at the browser level as an extension? The real answer, that I suspect you're looking for, is no. There's no custom software required in

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-21 Thread Wols Lists
On 20/08/2023 03:34, Walter Dnes wrote: I've been on Gentoo for years and years, but I've never used a VPN, so consider me an absolute newbie. Canadian big news media has successfully lobbied our government to implement a link tax. Google has decided to avoid the tax by not linking to it in

RE: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-21 Thread Laurence Perkins
> -Original Message- > From: Walter Dnes > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2023 7:34 PM > To: Gentoo Users List > Subject: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions > > CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not click links or open attachments > unless you recog

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-20 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 20 August 2023 13:58:08 BST Dale wrote: >> Michael wrote: >>> OpenVPN is a VPN implementation using OpenSSL to encrypt the end-to-end >>> network connection between client and server. There are other VPN >>> implementations and client-server applications using

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-20 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 20 August 2023 13:58:08 BST Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > OpenVPN is a VPN implementation using OpenSSL to encrypt the end-to-end > > network connection between client and server. There are other VPN > > implementations and client-server applications using different encryption > >

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-20 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 20 August 2023 11:49:18 BST Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 10:27:37PM -0500, Dale wrote >> >>> I been using Surfshark and openvpn for over a year. They have a pretty >>> large list of countries, multiple cities in some countries, to pick >>> from. I

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-20 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 20 August 2023 11:49:18 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 10:27:37PM -0500, Dale wrote > > > I been using Surfshark and openvpn for over a year. They have a pretty > > large list of countries, multiple cities in some countries, to pick > > from. I deal with torrents

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 10:27:37PM -0500, Dale wrote > I been using Surfshark and openvpn for over a year.  They have a pretty > large list of countries, multiple cities in some countries, to pick > from.  I deal with torrents and that is my reason for the need of a VPN, > just in case some may

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-19 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > I've been on Gentoo for years and years, but I've never used a VPN, so > consider me an absolute newbie. Canadian big news media has > successfully lobbied our government to implement a link tax. Google has > decided to avoid the tax by not linking to it in Google search.

[gentoo-user] VPN newbie questions

2023-08-19 Thread Walter Dnes
I've been on Gentoo for years and years, but I've never used a VPN, so consider me an absolute newbie. Canadian big news media has successfully lobbied our government to implement a link tax. Google has decided to avoid the tax by not linking to it in Google search. This morning I tried to