godless

Express has been shit since forever.

I’m assuming you’re in China? Astrill is using a proprietary vpn protocol and hardly ever has downtimes (use the stealth mode or install it on the router directly).

I’m using teampasswordmanager.com, it’s not open source but free for up to 2 users. Had them for over 10 years now.

but what does “control” the IP mean

I believe that means you must be registered as the owner with the RIPE or whichever authority is in charge of administrating IP ranges, so that would also negate the point of chaining IP addresses, since that would indeed be a permanent fixture.

For AWS it should then only work if Amazon Inc. is the applicant for the SSL cert., not merely a user. So it’s a quite theoretical application at best.

SSL certificates for IP addresses are possible; but they require you to outright own the IP(-range). Some large organizations do. So for individuals it’s rather unheard of, but it’s technically achievable.

https://sectigostore.com/page/ssl-certificate-for-ip-address/

With Merlin (another open-wrt variant specifically for Asus routers) you can simply connect a hard drive via USB and then enable it as either FTP or SMB storage (even simultaneously).

In windows you can mount the ftp volume as a local drive, from mobile I use X-plore file manager (also via ftp), and on my Nvidia Shield I can mount it via smb and watch movies directly. 4k 10bit, no problem.

Mobile access screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/0ElHYbU

I’m using the Asus RT-AX88U with whatever Merlin firmware is current, but it’s been working ever since, and straight out of the box. Other than activating the function and setting passwords, I really didn’t do anything.