On 7/21/22 3:47 PM, Soviet_Mario wrote:
> even if encription is welcome, the top priority is not to hide data
> (they are possibly encripted intrinsically), but to cut the link by web
> activity and MYSELF.
Depending on the VPN that you choose, there may very well be information
that associates information with the VPN as you during the time span
that you're connected to it. E.g. the VPN provider allocates an IP to
you for the duration of your connection and logs that fact. So if
(when) someone asks the VPN provider -- with proper credentials / court
order / etc. -- the VPN provider can say "$PERSON was using $IP at
$DATE_TIME". This is very much like what could be done with many
internet connections for the last 30+ years.
> My doubt is how to do this from within a virtual machine. I mean,
> inside, I will setup Firefox to connect to the VPN, but outside ?
Firefox, et al., inside the virtual machine will not know / be
configured to use the VPN per se. Rather it (they) will just use the
provided network connection. That network connection will be configured
by the host computer to send everything (from / to) the VM /through/ the
VPN.
> I cannot understand well the concept of "tunnelling" point-to-point, and
> how to disguise safely my IP.
A very loose analogy would be like Firefox running in the VM writing a
post card and addressing it to the server it wants to talk to. Then the
host would take the postcard and put it in an envelope that is addressed
to an intermediate on the Internet. The intermediate will take the
postcard out of the envelope and send it to the real server that Firefox
wanted to talk to. This way your local postal carrier will not have any
idea that Firefox is talking to the server and instead think that
someone at your address is talking to the intermediate.
> intresting, I'm reading (understanding quite a little alas :\)
Please, ask questions. :-)
> tomorrow I'll look at this too ... now unfortunately I have to store and
> pack wood. I have 6,2 ton to store
Wood, the fuel that heats you three times; harvesting, storing, and
consuming.