X-ray VPN implementation in future releases of pfSense+
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I stay away from any of the so called "privacy" VPNs, especially those promoted by YouTube shills.
"If you are not paying for the product, you are the product."
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@Сергей-3 said in X-ray VPN implementation in future releases of pfSense+:
In some countries, this package is absolutely necessary in pfsense.
I still don't see how this is any better than any other existing VPN provider?
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@stephenw10
You're lucky you don't live in such a country.
Other VPN providers (protocols) are blocked. -
Hmm, so the novel protocol used here bypasses state-level filtering?
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@stephenw10
Xray is a Chinese development that bypasses the Great Firewall of China.
I'm not very knowledgeable about networking and would like some tips for setting up Xray in pfSense.
It would be better if pfSense had its own xray package.
Could anyone get the pfSense developers involved in this? -
@Сергей-3 said in X-ray VPN implementation in future releases of pfSense+:
Could anyone get the pfSense developers involved in this?
Wouldn't that be a temporary solution ?
I you were working for this company (?) that was mandated by gouvernement of the country you mentioned above, what would be your mission ?
With simple words : Blocking outgoing traffic.
You wouldn't want this government's big boss X... calling you and telling you you did a bad job as he just found out how to bypass your "Great Firewall" - he knows, as he could find it on the Internet ... we're talking about it right now.
The issue with open source is : it is visible to everyone. So, get it integrated, and it will work for a while. And then suddenly, the Great Firewall maintainers block whatever X-Ray is. After all, it's a protocol, so it can be blocked, the usefulness is gone. It becomes yet another type of VPN, like OpenVPN, Wireguard, IPSEC, etc etc. that needs to be supported by the authors of pfSense, Netgate.And as always, I hope to be wrong
Btw : the oSense already has it ... did you give it a try ? ( it's probably just for some short time anyway )
edit : I'm just a forum poster like you - this is what I think, based of what I've read, and what think I know.
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I would first try to make it work in FreeBSD where the package exists.
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@stephenw10
Here are the packages that work on FreeBSD
Xray
Tun2socks
But I don't have the knowledge to configure it manually.
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Is it just me, or does it seem like the KISS (Keep It Simple [redacted]) answer is to install X-Ray on an officially supported platform or a VPS and tunnel traffic through that?
