Issue with PIA client on Linux regarding deprecated net-tools
In
order to get PIA client work, I found net-tools-deprecated direct
install the one single solution on openSUSE but probably the situation
is similar on other more decent distributions. (PIA install is wrong
about symlinking, you've to hard link ifconfig.)
https://software.opensuse.org/package/net-tools-deprecated
I don't know how long net-tools-deprecated will be available or acceptable by openSUSE. As I see it, it's a safety issue what became more serious with time and net-tools is already deprecated for years now. I know it's easy to use more compatible stuff, that's why everyone use Windows and if you get into Linux then Ubuntu is the first choice, developers included. The problem when compatibility and convenience of developers is at the expense of security. Anyways, sooner or later PIA should start to build its Linux install with ip.
Just an example regarding this issue
https://blogs.sap.com/2018/06/10/installing-netweaver-dev-edition-with-ifconfig-considered-harmful-opensuse-leap15-and-ubuntu-18.04
It's basically more than a decade old issue, should have been noticed by PIA already:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00780.html
Comments
aircrack-ng is still using it too though
piavpn and airacrack-ng are the 2 package needing net-tools here on my archlinux install