ics-openvpn VS Cryptomator

When I am trying to build https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn > main. I am constantly get the following error:

I've been working for a few days to build a good working VPN app (Non-commercial) but I'm finding so many different implementations of https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn that I don't know exactly where to start.

OpenVPN for Android (version 0.7.46): OpenVPN without root

You could ask upstream: https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn (also, is that the app you're using?)

Just the android phone with Openvpn for Android (https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn) thinks that it's too good for a new dns lookup, takes the ip it has cached from the previous connection and therefore can't connect. It retries until i manually disconnect and reconnect it. Only then a new dns lookup happens and it gets the current ip to then connect without a problem.

For the Android app it lists: https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn

I know that Apple limits what you're permitted to install on their phones, but perhaps there's another openvpn version that has this feature that you're permitted to use. In case it can help, the version I'm using seems to be from https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn/ . Perhaps someone has done something similar for Apple phones.

I've been looking into doing something similar and stumbled upon a method that uses personalDNSfilter with OpenVPN for personalDNSfilter, which is a special version of the OpenVPN for Android app.

In addition we back several other open source projects, such as the OpenVPN GUI, OpenVPN for Android and OpenVPN 3 Linux ... these all provide various user interfaces on top of the OpenVPN Core component.

OpenVPN for Android (version 0.7.37): OpenVPN without root

the best way to do this is with https://cryptomator.org

Before putting anything on a cloud service I would recommend 3rd party tools, like Cryptomator, to encrypt folders and such, then upload to a cloud service.

I use Cryptomator - https://cryptomator.org

I've used countless encryption "schemes" over the years, from True/Vera-Crypt to encrypted sparse bundles/images, and none have ever really felt right.

These days i tend to use Cryptomator[0] instead. It accomplishes what none of the others could do, which is transparent encryption across devices.

With Cryptomator, i simply create a vault somewhere in the cloud, stuff data in it, and i can access it from my laptop, phone or tablet, and not think much about it. It integrates into the normal file browsing APIs, and doesn't get in the way.

Because it does "per file" encryption, it also doesn't need to download a 20-100MB chunk from the cloud before decrypting, so it's rather fast (depending on file size of course).

[0]: https://cryptomator.org/

Cryptomator's arguably the most popular encryption software for cloud storage (you can give yourself zero-knowledge encryption by using them) - it's actually what they specialize & focus on (cloud encryption). It's 100% open source and Free to use on computers. On phones I believe it's just a 1-time fee of a few bucks ($13-14, then you have it forever) - note: their iOS offering is still new, so may be a bit unpolished at the moment.

This is the solution: https://cryptomator.org/

Cryptomator. It is made for uploading files securely to cloud storage, but works locally, is easy to use, and completely free for your use case.