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Official IVPN Desktop app
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Add a "Fastest server" option for multi-hop too #292

Closed Thedinotamer closed 1 year ago

Thedinotamer commented 1 year ago

Feature request

Description

Just like in Single-hop, there should be a "Fastest server" option so you don't need to check the latency and server load manually, and also like the single-hop equivalent you should be able to configure which servers it can choose from.

stenya commented 1 year ago

Hi @Thedinotamer

The concept of a 'FastestServer' for Single-Hop is easily understandable. However, Multi-Hop involves the use of two servers, which complicates matters.

As such, it's challenging to define the requirements for this functionality. How do you envision the 'FastestServer' feature working for Multi-Hop?

For instance:

Thedinotamer commented 1 year ago

Hello @stenya

Should it identify the 'fastest' server for the Entry or the Exit point?

My thought was that it would be nice to have one for both the entry and exit servers, but if it's only possible to do one of them then maybe the entry server is the best candidate.

If we're considering the Exit server, should we select the fastest server relative to your current location, or relative to the Entry server?

I don't know what the "Fastest Server" option in Single-hop bases it's decision on, but maybe it's better to base it on your current location. But if i'm based in Sweden and it chooses based on my location, the "fastest server" will just choose a swedish server which I guess works but I don't think that would be good for privacy (correct me if i'm wrong about that). Instead it would be better if it chose maybe one of the neighbouring countries like Norway, Denmark, Finland or just any of the closest EU countries/privacy respecting countries like Switzerland or Iceland.

stenya commented 1 year ago

I recently had a discussion with my colleagues. There are many ways to implement this functionality, but it would be challenging to meet every user's expectations regarding the 'FastestServer' behavior for Multi-Hop. Therefore, we don't plan to implement it for now.

However, we do plan to make some improvements concerning the default selection of the Exit server when switching from SingleHop to MultiHop.