Remote port forwarding badge for VPN providers #1570

2019-12-05T13:12:15Z

dngray commented

2019-12-05 13:12:15 +00:00

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2019-12-05 13:12:15 +00:00

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2019-12-05 13:12:57 +00:00

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2019-12-05 13:27:25 +00:00

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jonah reviewed

2019-12-05 17:13:45 +00:00

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Reads as advertising, don't see how it is relevant (i.e. not related to our VPN criteria). I would move to the additional functionality section below.

dngray commented

2019-12-05 17:49:08 +00:00

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Reads as advertising, don't see how it is relevant (i.e. not related to our VPN criteria). I would move to the additional functionality section below.

Certainly comes under the technology section. Particularly when choosing a VPN for P2P purposes its nice to be able to open a port to get more peers. I think that information could be useful to people.

In the case of IVPN, that would probably be the main reason someone would go with a more expensive pro account over a cheaper one. Mullvad does it across all their accounts.

But I guess i can move it to extra functionality, but personally i think the feature is a bit 'major' for that.

> Reads as advertising, don't see how it is relevant (i.e. not related to our VPN criteria). I would move to the additional functionality section below. Certainly comes under the technology section. Particularly when choosing a VPN for P2P purposes its nice to be able to open a port to get more peers. I think that information could be useful to people. In the case of IVPN, that would probably be the main reason someone would go with a more expensive pro account over a cheaper one. Mullvad does it across all their accounts. But I guess i can move it to extra functionality, but personally i think the feature is a bit 'major' for that.

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djoate (Migrated from github.com) requested changes

2019-12-06 03:37:25 +00:00

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djoate (Migrated from github.com) commented

2019-12-06 03:35:29 +00:00

Maybe we should mention that port forwarding is only available for OpenVPN and non-US servers (https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/116/Port-forwarding-is-not-working-why.html)

Also, it seems that Pro is used as a proper noun (for example, they say it as "IVPN Pro plan" at https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/20/How-many-devices-or-simultaneous-connections-can-I-have-to-IVPN.html)

    <p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is possible with a Pro plan. Port forwarding <a href="https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/81/How-do-I-activate-port-forwarding.html">can be activated</a> via the client area.</p>

Maybe we should mention that port forwarding is only available for OpenVPN and non-US servers (https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/116/Port-forwarding-is-not-working-why.html) Also, it seems that Pro is used as a proper noun (for example, they say it as "IVPN Pro plan" at https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/20/How-many-devices-or-simultaneous-connections-can-I-have-to-IVPN.html) ```suggestion <p>Remote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding">port forwarding</a> is possible with a Pro plan. Port forwarding <a href="https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/81/How-do-I-activate-port-forwarding.html">can be activated</a> via the client area.</p> ```

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djoate (Migrated from github.com) commented

2019-12-06 03:31:25 +00:00

        <li>Capability of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding#Remote_port_forwarding">remote port fowarding</a> assists in creating connections when using P2P (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer">Peer-to-Peer</a>) filesharing software, Freenet, or hosting a server (e.g., Mumble).</li>

```suggestion <li>Capability of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding#Remote_port_forwarding">remote port fowarding</a> assists in creating connections when using P2P (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer">Peer-to-Peer</a>) filesharing software, Freenet, or hosting a server (e.g., Mumble).</li> ```

dngray (Migrated from github.com) reviewed

2019-12-06 05:11:10 +00:00

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dngray (Migrated from github.com) commented

2019-12-06 05:11:10 +00:00

Maybe we should mention that port forwarding is only available for OpenVPN and non-US servers (https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/116/Port-forwarding-is-not-working-why.html)

The reason for that is they don't want people doing P2P on US servers, likely because of DMCA notices. I have noticed that with a few providers.

They are also doing Wireguard, so that might not be strictly true about it only being available with OpenVPN, in the future.

> Maybe we should mention that port forwarding is only available for OpenVPN and non-US servers (https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/116/Port-forwarding-is-not-working-why.html) The reason for that is they don't want people doing P2P on US servers, likely because of DMCA notices. I have noticed that with a few providers. They are also doing Wireguard, so that might not be strictly true about it only being available with OpenVPN, in the future.

dngray (Migrated from github.com) reviewed

2019-12-06 05:18:09 +00:00

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dngray (Migrated from github.com) commented

2019-12-06 05:18:08 +00:00

Looking at https://mullvad.net/help/port-forwarding-and-mullvad/ it seems that port forwarding over wireguard is certainly possible, so I think that's a fair point.