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18.1 Legacy Series / Re: Interaction of Tor and VPN
« on: May 02, 2018, 10:15:38 am »
If tor is using the vpngateway depends on how you setup the vpn and at what time you start the services.
Usually if you configure an openvpn client with a common vpn provider, the default route is set to the vpn gateway.
In this case the tor traffic is going over the vpn.
BUT this is NOT enforced.
If the VPN tunnel is not up when you start tor, there is nothing that blocks tor from connecting over the WAN Gateway.
If you need to hide that you are using tor, this setup is not recommend, instead you should use only vpn on opnsense and enforce traffic from your clientpc to use the VPN gateway and install tor on that clientpc.
Usually if you configure an openvpn client with a common vpn provider, the default route is set to the vpn gateway.
In this case the tor traffic is going over the vpn.
BUT this is NOT enforced.
If the VPN tunnel is not up when you start tor, there is nothing that blocks tor from connecting over the WAN Gateway.
If you need to hide that you are using tor, this setup is not recommend, instead you should use only vpn on opnsense and enforce traffic from your clientpc to use the VPN gateway and install tor on that clientpc.