Re: applying VPN to single program/application only
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:23 am
For an IRC client, the easiest solution is a dynamic tunnel over an SSH session.
First, at the command line on Linux:
# ssh -D 1080 vpn.example.com
Alternatively, in PuTTY on Windows:
Options -> Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels ->
Source Port = 1080, Dynamic
Second, configure the IRC client to use the SOCKS5 proxy at localhost:1080.
This configuration much easier to do correctly for one application than any kind of custom routing over a VPN.
First, at the command line on Linux:
# ssh -D 1080 vpn.example.com
Alternatively, in PuTTY on Windows:
Options -> Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels ->
Source Port = 1080, Dynamic
Second, configure the IRC client to use the SOCKS5 proxy at localhost:1080.
This configuration much easier to do correctly for one application than any kind of custom routing over a VPN.