VPNBypass
This is a Java Application that has been made to create networking rules that allow users to access Websites without going through their VPN. This was done as I was finding that more and more websites and services were restricting access to users who were connecting through a VPN.
Requirements
- Java 1.8_U40 (or higher) - Download
- Windows XP (or higher)
Download
You can download the compiled and wrapped executable here, or you can clone the repository yourself and build it using maven. However, to use the application you will need to wrap the compiled Jar in a Windows executable. This is further explained in the Wrapping/Security section
Usage
Simply download or compile and wrap the application yourself and run it. You will be presented with a simple GUI, where you input the domain which you want to add a rule for. Click on 'Whitelist' and the application will resolve the associated addresses and create the appropriate network rules.
Wrapping & Security
Due to the default permission restrictions that are set within Windows, the application needs to be run as Administrator. The easiest workaround I found was to wrap the Jar file in an executable and define the execution level in a manifest file.
I used Launch4J to wrap the Jar and add the manifest. You can get it here, Launch4J Website.
The manifest file is included in the repository files, named VPNBypass.manifest. It's a small file, which defines the requested execution level that's required. Thanks to Ashium @ Stackoverflow for this fix. I've included below the contents of the manifest file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="False"/>
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>