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Do both, that is what I do. I will avoid the technical "how to" but its really easy to do. With 2 posts I don't know where you are on abilities to write simple UFW firewall rules. I use Eddie on several linux family machines. I set up totally internet blocked firewalls on these machines. Eddie running on the linux Desktop (Debian) will create its own firewall when its launched and will TEMPORARILY store my UFW firewall as a backup (done automatically in the background). When I close Eddie MY original firewall rules are reset so that my machines cannot ever access the internet under any circumstances without an AirVpn tunnel. For my machines this additional safety measure means that a family member cannot mount the computer and then go online while being outside an AirVpn tunnel. They have no clue or desire to learn how to mount UFW in a terminal and disable the firewall manually. They have learned to click on the AirVpn Icon on the Desktop and then enter the Admin password to launch it. I have Eddie set to auto connect to the desired server so they just sit there and enjoy an easy connection and safe surfing. So simple and compels their security whether the want it or not, LOL!!

The discussion about Eddie has become a real hot topic in the past weeks. And understandably so, given the fact that "Eddie" is a core element of the whole service and a highly sophicticated one too. But i think that one has to consider the fact that AIR has to develop software for 4 OS'es (WIndows, Linux, Mac and Android) if i am not mistaken. That's a hell lot of work to do and it takes lots of time to develop a fully functioning client from scratch. There are other VPN services out there that give a shit about their client, hell, they don't even have one for Linux, let alone for Mac OS X. The community itself is a little "spoiled" in this regard, if i may say so. I am a bit impatient too and i am awaiting the release of the new client quite eagerly. But it doesn't help much if the community puts pressure on the devs. If they release the new client too early with a lot of bugs, then the community complains about a buggy client, and all hell breaks loose. So just let the devs make their job and i am confident that a new version is coming soon. Regards, BB