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VPN was never designed for tunneling all traffic. It was designed to get you virtually into a private network to allow access to computers there. There was neve
by dmitrygr 4y ago
VPN was never designed for tunneling all traffic. It was designed to get you virtually into a private network to allow access to computers there. There was never a promise of “full tunnel” by design. So what’s the brouhaha?
- solarengineer 4y agoInteresting point of view about "virtually". I have been a network administrator and have managed our company VPN networks (site to site, as well as client-site). I have considered "Virtual Private Network" to be a "not-physical private network" where one becomes part of that network (whether physical or virtual - since a VPN server can serve as a hub between various VPN clients/sites as well). With the right settings, one can set up a VPN to carry DNS queries as well - thus effectively giving us a "full tunnel" by design? Could you share your thoughts and point of view on the above?
- dmitrygr 4y agoSomeone beat me to it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33178468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33178468
- andreareina 4y agoWhen I tell my OS to route all traffic through an interface, I damn well mean all and not just what it feels like. I do not need to justify my desires for what my device does with my data.
- EthicalSimilar 4y agoI don’t believe iOS offers any assurances that a VPN connection will tunnel _all_ traffic through it. It most definitely does not state anything as such in the VPN configuration section of the settings app.