Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using? • Hacker News Board

woodruffw wrote: post #4

I use Algo[1] on a variety of VPS providers. It supports IPSec, but I only use Wireguard through it. Supporting OpenVPN is an explicit anti-goal for Algo[2]. I generally strongly recommend against using VPN providers on false advertisement grounds -- VPNs fundamentally cannot provide strong anonymity properties, but that doesn't stop many providers from listing anonymity as a selling point. In terms of the property V…

Another option via this route is Streisand.

https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by bzavados » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 1:58 AM UTC

ProtonVPN

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by doorbellguy » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 1:59 AM UTC

jtchang wrote: post #9

Have you tried Shadowsocks?

Had not heard of it, but I will certainly take a look. Appreciate it

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by hylianwarrior » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 2:00 AM UTC

I use PIA. No problems so far.

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by doorbellguy » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 2:01 AM UTC

Here's another question I had for a few weeks:

I tried a server of a certain free VPN via OpenVPN and since it did not support tunneling traffic through their own servers for IPv6 requests, my friend told me to disable IPv6 on my adapter's settings. Now ipleak.net doesn't detect my location. Was it a smart thing to do?

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by woodruffw » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 2:03 AM UTC

doorbellguy wrote: post #10

woodruffw wrote: post #4

I use Algo[1] on a variety of VPS providers. It supports IPSec, but I only use Wireguard through it. Supporting OpenVPN is an explicit anti-goal for Algo[2]. I generally strongly recommend against using VPN providers on false advertisement grounds -- VPNs fundamentally cannot provide strong anonymity properties, but that doesn't stop many providers from listing anonymity as a selling point. In terms of the property V…

Can you please elaborate a bit more why OpenVPN is risky per se? I'd love to know more about this.

The FAQ I linked has the full details, but in short:

* OpenVPN's user experience isn't as good as IPSec's or (more recently) Wireguard's.

* OpenVPN uses TLS and specifically OpenSSL, meaning that it inherits substantial design and implementation flaws.

* OpenVPN's security track record is poor, both on the client and server sides.

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by woodruffw » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 2:04 AM UTC

jorgesborges wrote: post #14

woodruffw wrote: post #4

I use Algo[1] on a variety of VPS providers. It supports IPSec, but I only use Wireguard through it. Supporting OpenVPN is an explicit anti-goal for Algo[2]. I generally strongly recommend against using VPN providers on false advertisement grounds -- VPNs fundamentally cannot provide strong anonymity properties, but that doesn't stop many providers from listing anonymity as a selling point. In terms of the property V…

Another option via this route is Streisand. https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

Yes! I don't use it personally, but have heard positive things about Striesand.