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Favourite FOSS Torrenting Client for Linux that has a VPN killswitch? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm a long-time Transmission user but I just learned that VPN killswitches are a thing (how did it take me so long!?). I would like to try another client which has this feature in case I forget to launch my VPN client before opening Transmission. Does anybody have any recommendations? Deluge? QBittorrent? Or any others?

UPDATE: Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I decided to give qbittorrent a try and have been enjoying it so far.

I followed these steps to bind it to my VPN from on Linux:

Pause torrents
Connect VPN
Open qBittorrent. Go to Preferences, and then Advanced tab
Change network interface to tun0. If unsure, disconnect VPN and restart qBittorrent then repeat step 1 to see which interface appears.
Restart qBittorrent
Test it out on the official kubuntu torrent or your favourite distro from LinuxTracker.org. Turn your VPN on and off while verifying whether it pauses and resumes downloading.

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[-] Maximilious@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

That's exactly what I have set up too. I also have gluetun tied to my Prowlarr and NZBget containers. I know Prowlarr tied to VPN may be overkill but it doesn't hurt anything so why not?

[-] CapgrasDelusion@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Haha, same. Stuck Prowlarr on there because why not? That's the beauty of this setup. It takes no effort after gluetun is set, so no reason not to just attach anything even remotely questionable.

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

As long as the tracker doesn't have anything against VPNs doesn't hurt. Nowadays not sure 🤔 but some didn't allow VPN access on the tracker webpage and at the end except in some cases that is what Prowlarr does.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

I have the same setting because some tracker only let you connect with one IP address. So I have Prowlarr and Transmission both connected via gluetun.