Yo ho me hearties,

I was reading through Servarr wiki’s VPN Guide and saw this callout:

For most users, secure DNS is sufficient instead of VPNs and fixes indexer connectivity issues without the complexity and problems of VPN setups

Are VPNs no longer the recommended practice? I was under the impression a VPN was pretty much required for sharing stuff in a copyright-sensitive country. I’d be delighted if I could simplify my app stack.

  • svddendesire@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Maybe for troubleshooting? Like they say for Gluetun part, and Prowlarr indexers needing more configurations. I think it’s recommended to use a vpn in most countries.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The VPN is needed for the torrent client. If you use it with the arr programs, you will probably be blocked by anything that’s behind cloudflare.

    • HeartyOfGlass@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Glad to see I wasn’t out-of-the-loop. That’s what I figured, but the little callout in the wiki had me questioning.

      Thanks for the sanity check