Hello, I wonder which is currently the best (and more secure) way to establish a VPN connection under Linux whatever the distro. the Secureblue FAQ mentions that there is two ways to install and run a VPN, via ujust install-vpn or via the network manager of the OS yet, a VPN such like Proton …

I recently made a wiki post about it here: [image] How to best set up & use a VPN with WireGuard on desktop Linux booksCommunity Wiki If you for whatever reason do not trust your VPN apps’ GUI to enable the kill-switch and have it work or stick to ensure of no…

[image] PaulF: under Linux whatever the distro. An official VPN client for sure. [image] anon57862721: I recently made a wiki post about it here: This solution will introduce DNS leaks because of the NetworkManagers defaults you didn’t accommodate to. VPN clients like Mullvad, iVPN do…

[image] PaulF: and at the same time, Proton warns against installing their VPN on a not supported distro (even the atomic version of Fedora !) and the same for DEs other than GNOME, although their service may still function with “limited support"… Yet, in a such configuration, establishing a con…

You certainly don’t have to trust sketchy clients or pollute your user space with such tools. I exclusively rely on the the Wireguard tools provided by my distro. For one, the “graphical clients” don’t work at all on headless machines, so they are completely useless for what I use a VPN mostly for.

What does my wiki post have to do with network managers when you’re only using CLI and WireGuard?

[image] anon57862721: when you’re only using CLI and WireGuard? Modern Linux Desktops are all equipped with connectivity managers. You’re not using only Wireguard and cli. If you were to actually test your solution on a real distro - you’ll notice the leaks. As i’ve said, plain wg-quick just …

[image] fiqiluvo.epileto: f you were to actually test your solution on a real distro - you’ll notice the leaks I have tested. I did not find leaks. How do you test for leaks or recommend I rather test instead?

[image] anon57862721: How do you test for leaks or recommend I rather test instead? dnsleaktest in extended mode, resolvconf monitoring. You’d have to modify ipv4.dns-priority for an existing connection for NM not to leak DNS. It’s also impossible to make a default dns-priority value for new …

I’m still not following because your comments doesn’t seem to be about what my wiki post is about. I did test for DNS leaks (extended) and there were no leaks using my way aforementioned. Either I’m confused or you’re not explaining it clearly or we’re both misunderstanding about what the other is …

[image] anon57862721: doesn’t seem to be about what my wiki post is about. Your Wiki post is about establishing a Wireguard tunnel connection. As i’ve mentioned, you’re not aware of DNS and IPv6 leaks. A DNS leak will be introduced by the connectivity manager, and IPv6 leak will be introduced…

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I recently made a wiki post about it here:

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