Mullvad axing port forwarding, where to? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 2 years ago by chocolate_mintute_man@lemmynsfw.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm considering ProtonVPN to replace mullvad as they do have port forwarding for torrenting. I also did a quick search for VPN communities, but didn't find any. Maybe just not from my instance.

Just wondering if they'll end up axing port forwarding, if I pay for a extended length plan and then they axe the feature, I will have wasted quite a bit of money. At least with mullvad, it was monthly anyway, so not much to lose.

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[-] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh right.... it's about more than free games these days :/

It may be in your case that you have UPnP or similar set up, so that your router automatically picks up your open port. Not viable for VPNs which tend to service enough clients to qualify as CGNAT, so we set up fixed ports.

Torrenting is entirely blocked by my router, both via all known ports and through deep packet inspection (but very basic DPI, it can't detect it through a VPN).

So I've got a box with an always-on VPN and I've never needed to forward any ports. As far as my router is concerned, this box is only communicating with the VPN server over a single port that isn't forwarded, just your standard UDP-to-UDP ephemeral port. So if there is any UPnP or fancy NATing being done, I guess it's automatic on the VPN server 🤔

[-] SaltySalamander@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Torrenting is entirely blocked by my router

Don't use the router provided by your ISP, buy your own.

[-] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 2 points 2 years ago

I did. I put that block there :p

[-] chocolate_mintute_man@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago

Could be intentional to prevent torrent leakage direct from your IP too. Could potentially also not have a choice, due to proprietary configurations, cable modem or whatever.

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