Add Proxy capabilities to VPN servers
Proton, could you add proxy servers or modify/add your current servers to expose a proxy feature?
I will try to explain what i am trying to do:
I want to have my OpenWRT router connected to one of your secure core servers. After that i would like to be able on my laptop:
- See US content: okay, exit to a US proxy
- See japanese content: okay, exit to a JP proxy Etc...
This is very flexible and i just need to encrypt the traffic 1x time (to your secure core server) because afaik proxy traffic is mirrored, isn it?
I would love that, being secure, fast and flexible!
If this approach is currently doable, could you advice me on how to do it? Please, VPN connection on my router is mandatory.
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Josh
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Every server can have a SOCKS5 proxy that is only accessible within the existing encrypted VPN tunnel (bound to the internal IP of the servers, connectable only for clients within a VPN tunnel), this way, it is guaranteed that the proxy traffic is encrypted.
In addition, this acts as a Killswitch for programs that support proxies. If the VPN tunnel is somehow not connected, proxy server will not be connectable and no data is leaked.
It also allows for easy location switching, as users above mentioned.
More importantly, it is a useful privacy tool, if used with browser extensions to make sure different sites are connected via different proxies. For example site A only see IP from country A, but at the same time site B Sees IP from country B, it's less likely that the traffic to site A and B is linked to the same person (if browser fingerprinting is sufficiently prevented).
Internet censorship (site controlled) is also a thing that can be bypassed with it, without having to permanently use a connection to another country this having a higher latency experience all the time. Sites that are known to censor content for traffic from a certain country can be accessed from another VPN server from another country, while normal traffic can be accessed from a VPN server with a lower latency (from the same country as the user).
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semifinal
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That is very important feature for me. Without this feature, I need to use 3rd-party application to mange multiple VPN connection and set routes manual. That will exhaustion my all 10 connections on just 1 or 2 device(s). IVPN (other VPN provider) have SOCKS5 Proxy Service that allow user who already connected to a VPN server use SOCKS5 to other VPN server. I really want to see this feature that will be available on Proton VPN.