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  • I may at times only have access to HTTP only (No HTTPS) which is one of the reasons why I want another form of encryption.

    Encryption with most VPNs are more secure than HTTPS. Yes, the connection between the VPN server and the web server is not encrypted with the VPN and only HTTPS. However the encryption between the VPN and personal device is superior, not because it is relayed. My understanding is that HTTPS is “secure” for basic use, just like Windows 11 is secure. But not secure from five eye agencies unlike VPNs and other like systems like Tor and I2P.

    My goal is to have a user connect to a web server and have it not possible for the web server to know what is going on, nor can anyone snooping the packets in transit know what is going on. Not know the HTML structure, form field data, etc.







  • Do you mean sftp?

    I just played around with it. My file manager is Nemo (I am using Linux Mint) which allows you to connect to another computer using sftp and being able to browser the files and directories on that machine and be able to open text files.

    Not the way I would prefer to do it, but a workable solution.

    However I would also like to edit files on the machine with sudo privelages. I cannot connect to the machine as a normal user and right click in Nemo and open the file manager as root, as it will just open the sftp file manager as root on my device, not the remote device.

    I did find this as a solution but it makes my remote machine unsecure by connecting to the remote machine as the root user by enabling the root user on the remote machine. However rather use sudo than enable the root user.

    https://askubuntu.com/questions/400858/how-to-configure-sftp-to-login-in-the-directory