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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by 8cvor6j844qw_d6 on Monday October 06, 2025 @09:45PM (#45498546)
Mullvad doesn't support port forwarding [1] for users that need it unlike proton vpn [2].

Although I have never needed it myself, which in that case Mullvad might be better since they require minimal registration details.

[1]: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/removing-the-support-for-forward...

[2]: https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding

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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by cakealert on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @12:45AM (#45499462)
unless you have a specific use case where you need to run a server through your vpn this isn't as much of a problem as you think it is.

torrents for example have hole punching functionality built into uTP where reachable peers help unreachable peers connect to each other.

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