Turn off VPN on specific applications?

[guriinii 0]

Hi all,

 

I'm pretty new to this and so far I have to save I'm very impressed. One thing I'm wondering though, is it possible to allow specific apps, like the browser to not use the VPN but keeping it switched on.

 

Netflix doesn't seem to like me using the VPN and turning it off completely negates the point of even having a VPN in the first place. So, is there a simple way to turn off the VPN for specific applications?

 

Thanks in advance.

[OpenSourcerer 1359]

A perfect question for the FAQ in my signature, I suppose. No, that is not possible, only IPs can be added as exceptions. Many tried to do that, so no, it does not work as well since Netflix is huge and has too many IPs.

 

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[guriinii 0]

I see, that's unfortunate. How does Netflix know I'm using a VPN? Even when I choose a server in my native country, Netflix still prevents me from watching anything.

[OpenSourcerer 1359]

If you're a genuine home user, you don't connect with an IP of a datacenter. They also might monitor many VPN providers and block access for their IPs, though it's less likely.

 

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[NaDre 154]

Hi all,

 

I'm pretty new to this and so far I have to save I'm very impressed. One thing I'm wondering though, is it possible to allow specific apps, like the browser to not use the VPN but keeping it switched on.

 

Netflix doesn't seem to like me using the VPN and turning it off completely negates the point of even having a VPN in the first place. So, is there a simple way to turn off the VPN for specific applications?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

If you are using Windows, see some of the posts in this thread:

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/9491-guide-to-setting-up-vpn-just-for-torrenting-on-windows/?p=49046

https://airvpn.org/topic/9491-guide-to-setting-up-vpn-just-for-torrenting-on-windows/?p=10317

 

Also see this:

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/22408-possibel-to-route-some-programs-to-not-use-vpn/?p=60308

 

Many of my posts in this forum are on this topic. You could search the forum for them.

 

Quick and dirty:

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/20447-routing-outside-vpn-with-openvpn/?p=52186

 

Pointers (follow the links) methods for Windows and Linux:

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/21050-visit-sites-like-youtube-without-vpn/?p=54367

 

This mentions a way to split traffic for BSD (and may be adaptable to MAC):

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/21340-airvpn-tor-obfs4-bridges/?p=58426

 

Basically:

 

1) Set up your routing so that the VPN is not used by default, but does allow "source address routing".

 

2) Bind your program to the VPN interface.

 

3) Some programs do not provide that, but do allow you to configure them to use an HTTP or SOCKS proxy. So if you can run the proxy bound to the specific interface, you achieve the same result.

 

4) If there is a danger of the program falling back to using the real IP when the VPN drops, then firewall the program from using the real IP, if possible. In Windows, a specific program may be firewalled. For Linux or BSD this is more complicated.