Understanding VPN ProxyVM

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I guess your VPN provider is blocking the ICMP.
It’d be better to check the connection using this command then:

curl https://1.1.1.1

@ioleo

Are there any risks with me changing that to 1.1.1.1?

It’ll use Cloudflare DNS instead of DNS server provided by VPN.
And you’ll need to configure it in every qube connected to the VPN qube.
It’d be better to configure it to be updated like this in VPN qube:

Mullvad VPN App 4.2 setup guide

Intro This guide explains how to setup a a VPN with Mullvad app on Qubes OS 4.2 using a Fedora template. Mullvad app is open source and they provide repositories for fedora / debian, there are no documentation to deploy the App, only an official page explaining how to setup WireGuard, or a community guide for Mullvad WireGuard without the App The App supports OpenVPN and WireGuard tunnels. Bridge support is available for OpenVPN and WireGuard has obfuscation available, these features are usefu…

or like this:

Using Mullvad VPN on Qubes OS

Mullvad VPN setup guide

Using Mullvad VPN on Qubes OS | PrivSec - A practical approach to Privacy and Security This is my setup for Mullvad VPN on Qubes 4.2. It differs from solene’s guide in that it uses systemd path to trigger /usr/lib/qubes/qubes-setup-dnat-to-ns. No rc.local (which is legacy stuff and shouldn’t be used anymore) required. You can also create multiple Mullvad ProxyVMs from a single template instead of needing to use standalone VMs.