Re: VPN Assistance

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:05:01 -0700

Well, I think we're talking about two different kinds of vpn:

1) VPN for Remote Access.  Connecting to home, work, or some other form of remote access to a given network.  I don't think that's what we're discussing here, but if desired, openvpn as a server would be just fine.  I do that here on my wrt router for remote access to my network, and use zerotier as a SDN solution for networking between given hosts on any network as another more convenient alternative.

2) VPN for Hiding Yourself.  This is what I think we're mostly talking here, which is using a VPN client to connect to a remote network, using recommended services like PIA for making yourself appear to be leaving another country to keep scavenger laywers at bay.  This uses usually either a Socks/HTTP Proxy connection, or a full openvpn-based connection.

If you or anyone you know likes to bittorrent pretty much anything anymore, do yourself a favor and use a (#2) VPN.  If you just want to remotely access your home/work resources, #1 is what you want.

-mb


On 10/03/2016 09:17 PM, Stephen M wrote:
I agree with toddc.  If your starting to learn about VPN networking it's best to try a free option.  I had Zentyal installed on an old desktop that is collecting dust at the moment.  But I had OpenVPN working in home and it worked fine.  Sure I remoted into my home server once in a while but I was able to learn how to setup a VPN.  I was looking at tigerVPN a few years but and I've also looked into sshuttle.  I don't see a need for a big or pay fee VPN unless I'm doing something massive. For learning purposes do something small and in house before you go public.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Partington <[email protected]> wrote:
I was really interested in tigerVPN and their lifetime deal they had recently on android central.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Todd Cole <[email protected]> wrote:

If you are just looking for a vpn to your home there are many free vpn and or firewall router vpns or even a Raspberry PI
makes a great home VPN server $35.00 or a old desktop would also work
also a lot of routers already include a Built in vpn of some kind

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