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DietPi-VPN | Randomly connect to different server on a user settable time interval #3083

Open GvY85 opened 4 years ago

GvY85 commented 4 years ago

Creating a feature request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe:

When using Dietpi-NordVPN you can only select one server and you have to stick with that one unless you manually run Dietpi-NordVPN again and select a different server.

Describe the solution you'd like:

For me it would be great if you could select a range of servers from the list and set an interval so that it connects randomly to one of them at a set interval (reboot/1h/1d/etc). I like to change servers once in a while for more anonimity and now the only way to do it is manually. Next step could be that Dietpi-NordVPN automatically selects a new server if the current one is/gets down and/or test the servers initially selected to see if they are up before connecting.

Describe alternatives you've considered:

Curently i am using a script that randomly selects a .ovpn file from the DietPi-NordVPN directory and copies it to a new file name "my random server.ovpn". I call this script every ones in a while with Cron and select "my random server.opvn" in the serverlist of DietPi-NordVPN to connect to. Then I reboot my server once a week so at reboot i have a new random server to connect to. This is all very hacked together and not really nice. Would be much greater to have it integrated intp DietPi

Additional context

Vote for this feature on FeatHub:

https://feathub.com/MichaIng/DietPi/+118

MichaIng commented 4 years ago

@GvY85 Many thanks for your request.

Indeed sounds reasonable. So a list of severs can be chosen and js cycled through on every connect and/or time based. But it should not change during one session, I think? Also if one server fails, it could try the next until connection succeeds. Although probably it should be checked if it is due to connection issue or authentication (wrong/invalid user/password) to not trigger some possible brute-force protection mechanism.

About the selection, easy would be to have a checkbox selection menu, a bid more effort wound be to allow entering e.g. country/countries and an index range.

So far my thought.

And btw. you don't require a dedicated account for FeatHub, you can login via your GitHub account. This is even the only possible way, AFAIK.

GvY85 commented 4 years ago

Exactly my thoughts, sounds good to me :).

Now also on Feathub: https://feathub.com/MichaIng/DietPi/+118