Abut VPN in Whonix Workstation

[FranklyFlawless]

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There are many sites that do not accept the Tor network.

Unfortunately this issue is not Whonix-specific:

Geo-blocking - Unreachable Websites

This issue is unspecific to Whonix and specific to Tor, VPNs, proxies.

Can Whonix be the cause of the inability to access specific destination websites? No. If connectivity is generally functional (some websites can be reached), never in the history of Whonix, any website were reachable in Tor Browser outside of Whonix (such as Tor Browser on Debian) while unreachable in Tor Browser inside of Whonix. Neither the Whonix Tor Browser Differences nor Whonix firewall discriminate against specific websites.

Even if you manage to successfully configure a VPN within Qubes-Whonix, your VPN may still be detected and blocked:

But not only Tor is often blocked. Also many IPs by many VPNs or proxies are often blocked. This is a huge issue. Even people using clearnet without something like Tor or VPN often presented with captchas or completely geo-blocked.

The VPN may work If the IP address range is provisioned from a residential ISP. The Tor Project team has also acknowledged geo-blocking issues in the past:

Using hidden services to replace exit nodes

However, ephemeral exit bridges for Tor (EEBT) and exit bridge Onion Services (HebTor) do not seem to be a significant priority at this point in time.