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CharlesV wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:24 pm

CyberGhost wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:07 pm But Safing Portmaster also has this as their solution to a VPN. Guess no one clicked the link I previously posted.

https://safing.io/spn/

I did :-) .. but I want to find out a bit more about it. Looks intriguing !

Oh ok my mistake lol! Yes I've been meaning to give it a test run but just haven't had time yet. I just wished they had a mobile version too. It's in the works, but not sure when they plan on releasing it. After you read up on the SPN, it will make sense how it seems more effective and reliable than a VPN. It's a lot cheaper than most VPN's too except for Mullvad. I'm pretty sure Mullvad is the cheapest of all of them but I've had way too many issues with Mullvad in the past.

Ya, I gave up on Mullvad, never could get it to work. I went back to PIA, had it for years and works great for me.

CharlesV wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:49 pm Ya, I gave up on Mullvad, never could get it to work. I went back to PIA, had it for years and works great for me.

PIA for me as well. I paid for a Dedicated IP mainly because I was occasionally blocked from the Forum with random IP.

CyberGhost wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:07 pm But Safing Portmaster also has this as their solution to a VPN. Guess no one clicked the link I previously posted.

https://safing.io/spn/

I did click on it as well, but I think you have to buy that software or a monthly subscription.

I was just looking at it as a firewall replacement. That's why the comparison question. I'll try it and see if its easy to set up and if it blocks more than it should.

m_pav wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:31 pm ... I use a VirtualBox VM to run a Live ISO ...

Greetings, @m_pav
Would you be kind enough to remind me how to boot with VirtualBox from a LiveUSB? I used to do it, but I seem to have forgotten. I can boot directly from any ISO, but in such cases the session is immutable.

razor2021 wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:42 pm I was just looking at it as a firewall replacement. That's why the comparison question. I'll try it and see if its easy to set up and if it blocks more than it should.

Here's a more in depth comparison between SPN vs VPN:

https://safing.io/blog/2022/09/06/spn-vs-vpns/

figueroa wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:17 pm

m_pav wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:31 pm ... I use a VirtualBox VM to run a Live ISO ...

Greetings, @m_pav
Would you be kind enough to remind me how to boot with VirtualBox from a LiveUSB? I used to do it, but I seem to have forgotten. I can boot directly from any ISO, but in such cases the session is immutable.

I know this question wasn't for me, but I used to do that too! I have since forgotten how as well. I did find a few links on the subject.
This one is for Windows but the process is similar for Linux. Scroll all the way down that page and you will see the info about how to do it for Linux.
https://www.howtogeek.com/187721/how-to ... irtualbox/

Here's another link I found from the ask ubuntu forum: https://askubuntu.com/questions/746486/ ... live-image

Lastly, a post from the Kali Linux Docs Page: https://www.kali.org/docs/usb/boot-usb-in-virtualbox/

Let me know if any of those works for you. I'm going to do a test run myself. The Kali Linux link seems like the most logical one to me.

Thank you @CyberGhost
With some misgiving I tried the Kali Linux link, and the secret sauce seems to be 1) Not setting a virtual hard disk and then 2) Selecting EFI (new to me) and then 3) Adding the desired USB Device Filter.

After that, just booting the VM not containing a virtual hard disk, automatically booted Live_USB using EFI. I have an old MX-19 running now with persistence that had just been remastered but not yet put into service. I created a new homefs and updated the kernel and rebooted several times so it's clearly working. I know I used to do this without EFI, but I'm not complaining.

I realize this is tangential to the subject thread; mea culpa.