Who is good with Linux, VPNs & Chrome?

[AngryRooster]

What I'd like to do is be able to keep my VPN on all the time, system wide, except for Chrome. I checked the settings in Chrome and found the Proxy section. It tells me:

[FONT=&amp]When running Google Chrome under a supported desktop environment, the system proxy settings will be used. However, either your system is not supported or there was a problem launching your system configuration. [/FONT][FONT=&amp]But you can still configure via the command line. Please see man google-chrome-stable for more information on flags and environment variables.
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I'm running Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon
Using TorGuard VPN & sometimes Proton VPN
Chrome 72.0.3626.109

I'm sure there is a way to do this, but I don't know how and I'm not finding any solutions in a general search. I only use Chrome on a limited basis for specific work at home stuff. I'm not familiar with the internal Chrome flags and settings.

Any help?

 

[Haven]

Who is good with Linux, VPNs & Chrome?

If you setup something like SquidProxy on your computer you could direct http/https traffic to it, but I’m not sure if you can split the traffic or not. I’ve not tried that.


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[TangoFoxtrot]

What I'd like to do is be able to keep my VPN on all the time, system wide, except for Chrome. I checked the settings in Chrome and found the Proxy section. It tells me:


I'm running Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon
Using TorGuard VPN & sometimes Proton VPN
Chrome 72.0.3626.109

I'm sure there is a way to do this, but I don't know how and I'm not finding any solutions in a general search. I only use Chrome on a limited basis for specific work at home stuff. I'm not familiar with the internal Chrome flags and settings.

Any help?

I think your best way, well maybe I shouldnt say best someone else may have a better idea but use a program like firewall builder (comes with about every dist under the sun) then build firewall rules that are based on program and point the firewall rule for chrome to your normal gateway instead of the VPN tunnel.

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[AngryRooster]

I think your best way, well maybe I shouldnt say best someone else may have a better idea but use a program like firewall builder (comes with about every dist under the sun) then build firewall rules that are based on program and point the firewall rule for chrome to your normal gateway instead of the VPN tunnel.

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This might work. I normally don't dink with firewall rules so I forgot all about them. I'll have to look into it. LM comes with Gufw, I know it exists, but that's about it.

I know that Chrome used to have a proxy/network setting. It appears to be gone now though. Firefox still has it, but I use Tampermonkey on Chrome for custom scripts. I like Firefox as my main browser and don't want to flip them.

 

[TangoFoxtrot]

This might work. I normally don't dink with firewall rules so I forgot all about them. I'll have to look into it. LM comes with Gufw, I know it exists, but that's about it.

I know that Chrome used to have a proxy/network setting. It appears to be gone now though. Firefox still has it, but I use Tampermonkey on Chrome for custom scripts. I like Firefox as my main browser and don't want to flip them.

Right, firewall builder is really nice, you can use it to build your iptable then use gufw for starting/stopping/logging etc... if you want but now you mention it, I think gufw has the ability to base rules on applications also

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