Yes, you can conceal your IP address by using a proxy or VPN service, which alters its appearance for online activities.
Yes, you can conceal your IP address by using a proxy or VPN service, which alters its appearance for online activities.
You can mimic a standard web connection from your home server to a familiar site like YouTube while maintaining normal access to your local server.
Strictly speaking, a VPN hides your IP address but I believe it can't achieve what you're aiming for, unfortunately...
You're aiming to process all your network traffic through your server to avoid a firewall. It seems you're considering alternatives to the current method, though you're currently using Pritunl, which works well overall. Your school network is the only area causing issues.
School isn't great. It would be better if you could use a hotspot on your phone and link your laptop to it. That’s what we usually did. Your country offers unlimited 4G+ plans for just 40 euros—probably depends on where you are.
Pritunl's functionality isn't clear, but using OpenVPN lets you configure IP addresses to run on common ports like 443, 80 TCP, and 53 UDP. If your firewall performs deep packet inspection, you'll need more advanced techniques. Another option is tunneling SSH through HTTPS, though this can become quite complex, especially in regions with strict regulations.
DDNS and port forwarding are available on the web or through internal DNS with VPN connectivity. You can even obtain a free Let's Encrypt certificate to enable HTTPS, and simply type the name into your browser. For a public internet address, you’d need to register a domain, but with your own nameserver you can use any desired internal name.