Is it possible to run qbittorrent and protonvpn in a VM? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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Does anyone know how to run qbittorrent and protonvpn in a VM? When I try to run the qbittorrent setup app I get this message (image below) and I don't see anything mentioning a VM in the qbittorrent [dot] org forum.

I am new to torrenting, so I don't really know what to do. I figured/assumed that torrenting/seeding in a VM might be safer as it is another layer deep, and that it may help keep traffic separate (inside the VM: I'd be using a vpn and torrenting, and outside the VM: I'd not be using a vpn and just regular internet surfing). Is this possible?

Thank you.

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[-] BlueRingedOctopus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

I'm not the only person who thinks Kill switches don't live up to their name

Bind always. Kill switches don't work reliably. https://www.reddit.com/r/torrents/comments/1hq8uh4/comment/m4o8n35/

Kill switches can fail. Always bind your client to your vpn adapter. https://www.reddit.com/r/torrents/comments/1hq8uh4/comment/m4u9xod/

While using a kill-switch is a good step, it may not provide complete protection. Combine it with binding your VPN network interface to qBittorrent for added privacy and security https://www.reddit.com/r/surfshark/comments/1jbf8sj/comment/mi1h8bc/

Killswitches aren't perfect. Binding is. https://www.reddit.com/r/surfshark/comments/1jbf8sj/comment/mhtpc5t/

Yep binding is so much better than killswitch. https://www.reddit.com/r/surfshark/comments/1jbf8sj/comment/mhu9gip/

torrenting with kill switch turned on, leaks? https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1261e5h/torrenting_with_kill_switch_turned_on_leaks/

That's not a killswitch, that's binding your connection. It literally says that right in the screenshot. smh, kids these days. Killswitch is managed by your VPN, totally separate thing, and can still leak your IP at times. https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/v2d3gp/comment/iatgezx/

I've had an occurrence even in windows with kill-switch on where the app closed and downloads continued. https://www.reddit.com/r/unRAID/comments/1hmihfe/comment/m3ubxj8/

Instead of kill switch (which fails a lot on many VPNs) you should bind your VPN to your torrent client. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1b7b6j3/comment/ktm29z8/

Bind interface. Kill switch is the wrong way to go. https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1937alg/comment/khaey90/

Kill switch is not reliable and can expose your IP. Please search for "how to bind vpn qBitTorrent" and follow the directions to bind the internet adapter to your vpn. That is the only safe way. https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1j4023b/comment/mg4iy2q/

Bind qBit to your VPN. This stops all torrent traffic if your VPN drops it's connection or you forgot to connect. It's more reliable than a Kill Switch. https://www.reddit.com/r/qBittorrent/comments/ud2k5m/comment/i6ejaeg/

Kill switches are unreliable, use binding instead https://www.reddit.com/r/torrents/comments/174pwzi/comment/k4aocdo/

Bruh needs to learn how to bind his VPN & Torrent Client... Y'all, kill switches are NOT good enough. https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1b5mpgp/comment/kt6a10y/

Bind your connection. Kill switches are functionally useless. https://www.reddit.com/r/torrents/comments/1c5yt4n/comment/kzxnzce/

These are what I could find in the last 15 minutes, hopefully this is enough.

[-] Lem453@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

Any idea if gluetun does this by default? A popular setup is setting the network mode on the application docker to the gluetun service and then gluetun itself says it has a killswitch built in. I assume they did that well since its very popular and this is pretty much the main purpose of the container.

[-] hisao@ani.social 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Okay, I see. So killswitch implementation might be non-perfect, depending on VPN. And there are reports of Surfshark leaking IP when torrenting under killswitch. I guess they might not have "permanent killswitch" option like ProtonVPN and this is why it happened. So basically if torrent app launches before VPN or VPN closes before torrent app killswitch might get turned off together with VPN app and some traffic might leak. This is impossible under "permanent killswitch". So to rely on killswitch I guess the first thing to check is if internet is accessible after closing VPN client app. If not, then it's a good killswitch. But with qBittorrent it's always a good idea to use that setting for extra safety. It might not be present in most other torrent apps though, and to do the same manually using iptables or whatever might be tricky and error-prone.