Proposal For Split-tunnelling
One of the most-requested features here is the ability to route certain websites through our normal internet connection while everything else goes through the VPN. This is especially true for Netflix. One of the main responses to this idea, however, is that Netflix's ever-changing IP pool would break any split-tunnelling functionality. So, with that in mind, I have an idea:
Introduce an optional "extra" or "add-on" to the standard VPN service for a small fee. Maybe an extra few dollars on top of the usual price. This extra money would grant the user access to a split-tunnelling enabled client with support for a select handful of heavily-used anti-VPN websites like Netflix, and the money you receive would pay for one or more members of staff to keep on top of the changing IP pools used by said websites, issuing simple\silent text-based updates when needed. The money would also contribute to the extra user and technical support a new feature like this would involve.
Another objection to the idea of split-tunnelling is security. Having a way to bypass the VPN entirely could open users up to snooping. But surely the bigger security risk is disabling one's VPN entirely just to use one website for hours at a time. If a user's entire connection is definitely exposed to the elements for many hours, it must be more of a concern than split-tunnelling possibly doing so due to developmental oversight or malicious entities. With regular "health checks" in the client and self-testing our connection using ipleak.net, I think we'll be fine.
There's a huge hunger for this feature, and I would guess that most of the people who want it would happily pay an extra few dollars for it.
If anyone has any other practical ideas for how we could realistically get support for split-tunnelling, please share below!
Introduce an optional "extra" or "add-on" to the standard VPN service for a small fee. Maybe an extra few dollars on top of the usual price. This extra money would grant the user access to a split-tunnelling enabled client with support for a select handful of heavily-used anti-VPN websites like Netflix, and the money you receive would pay for one or more members of staff to keep on top of the changing IP pools used by said websites, issuing simple\silent text-based updates when needed. The money would also contribute to the extra user and technical support a new feature like this would involve.
Another objection to the idea of split-tunnelling is security. Having a way to bypass the VPN entirely could open users up to snooping. But surely the bigger security risk is disabling one's VPN entirely just to use one website for hours at a time. If a user's entire connection is definitely exposed to the elements for many hours, it must be more of a concern than split-tunnelling possibly doing so due to developmental oversight or malicious entities. With regular "health checks" in the client and self-testing our connection using ipleak.net, I think we'll be fine.
There's a huge hunger for this feature, and I would guess that most of the people who want it would happily pay an extra few dollars for it.
If anyone has any other practical ideas for how we could realistically get support for split-tunnelling, please share below!
Comments
Read this post, This is what I did so I could talk to other devices in my LAN that were basically blocked because of the VPN routing.
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/24080/how-to-chat-with-other-devices-in-your-network#latest