Hello Reddit Users,
I have a few questions regarding network protection.
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From my understanding, WireGuard is a lightweight protocol that seems to be just slightly more secure than OpenVPN in some cases. Outside of WireGuard practically forcing all your endpoints to upgrade if a problem is found and it storing user IP addresses on the server, why don’t more people use WireGuard? Is it mainly due to some VPN services not being able to offer a plausible solution for it like creating a double-NAT, or is it something else entirely?
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Currently, I own a random normal router but I was considering creating a VPN server off of a Raspberry PI and connecting it to my existing router or purchasing a VPN router all together. I don’t personally know anyone who has done either of these things and would like a recommendation. I would mainly use it for personal/work from home use on my computer, cell, and gaming console. I’ve heard its convenient to have the VPN Server on the Raspberry PI because you can just connect to the router for work use, then just go back to the VPN Server for personal use but I’m not sure if the VPN Router has capabilities like that. Can someone provide me some recommendations?
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Lastly, when I play on my gaming console, there are times where I get DDoSed on gaming servers. Its super annoying and I don’t constantly want to connect my computer to my gaming system, then apply the VPN that way. Is creating a rule on my firewall to decline ICMP messages be the answer to this? I have been hearing contradicting answers about how it can or cant prevent yourself from being DDoSed and how impactful it can be for network monitoring. Any advice?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and answer my questions.