Re:A hack I'm rather proud of
by e1ven on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @02:21PM
(#83998)
Thanks. I agree it's not an ideal situation..
Truth be told, we probably could fix the background download problem.. If we recorded every IP that tried to contact your public IP, and then set your gateway to be through the VPN when trying to reach THAT IP, it just might work..
The thing is, that would be fragile, and might take a week or two of work to get right.. Since this is a legacy application, and we're actively working to replace it, for now I'm happy with the 90% solution. I'd rather spend the two weeks making version 2.0 closer to launch.
Truth be told, we probably could fix the background download problem.. If we recorded every IP that tried to contact your public IP, and then set your gateway to be through the VPN when trying to reach THAT IP, it just might work..
The thing is, that would be fragile, and might take a week or two of work to get right.. Since this is a legacy application, and we're actively working to replace it, for now I'm happy with the 90% solution. I'd rather spend the two weeks making version 2.0 closer to launch.
-Colin