SOCKS proxy over SSH?
Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
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Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#12Grab a VPS and use SOCKS5 tunneling via SSH.
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#13Tor should be pretty good even for environments where they crack down on VPNs, although it can be a bit slow, at least it works.
Then you will be blocked by Twitter and Discord, which is the same thing.
Yeah, sucks, but really should find better places for people to gather regardless, if you're in that sort of environment.
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#14- Tor. Pros: Reasonably user friendly and easy to get online, strong anonymity, free. Cons: a common target for censorship, not very fast, exit nodes are basically universally distrusted by websites.
- Tailscale with Mullvad exit nodes. Pros: little setup but not more than installing and configuring a program, faster than Got, very versatile. Cons: deep packet inspection can probably identify your traffic is using Mullvad, costs some money.
- Your own VPSs with Wireguard/Tailscale. Pros: max control, you control how fast you want it, you can share with people you care about (and are willing to support). Cons: the admin effort isn't huge but requires some skill, cost is flexible but probably 20-30$ per month minimum in hosting.
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#15- Tor. Pros: Reasonably user friendly and easy to get online, strong anonymity, free. Cons: a common target for censorship, not very fast, exit nodes are basically universally distrusted by websites. - Tailscale with Mullvad exit nodes. Pros: little setup but not more than installing and configuring a program, faster than Got, very versatile. Cons: deep packet inspection can probably identify your traffic is using Mu…
IMO most people should have a VPS even if you don't need it for tunneling. Living without having a place to just leave services/files is very hard and often "free" services will hold your data hostage to manipulate your behavior which is annoying on a good day.
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#16- Tor. Pros: Reasonably user friendly and easy to get online, strong anonymity, free. Cons: a common target for censorship, not very fast, exit nodes are basically universally distrusted by websites. - Tailscale with Mullvad exit nodes. Pros: little setup but not more than installing and configuring a program, faster than Got, very versatile. Cons: deep packet inspection can probably identify your traffic is using Mu…
Minimums for a VPS should be closer to $5-10 a month, no?
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#17Aren't there local (online or print) newspapers to get news from, as an alternative to Discord? Hope I'm not asking a dumb question
In countries where it comes to government blocking/censoring internet traffic, traditional media is cleared of all dissent and fully controlled long before. Last stages of that are happening in my country, Serbia, currently.
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#18SOCKS proxy over SSH?
Android doesn't come with system wide socks proxy support, and i couldn't find an open source app for it either. Is anyone aware of one?
Nonetheless this is a surprisingly simple and bullet proof solution: SSH, that's not vpn boss, i need it for work.
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#19On a related note, does anyone have insight into *why* the Indonesian government is doing this?
Re: Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
#20- Tor. Pros: Reasonably user friendly and easy to get online, strong anonymity, free. Cons: a common target for censorship, not very fast, exit nodes are basically universally distrusted by websites. - Tailscale with Mullvad exit nodes. Pros: little setup but not more than installing and configuring a program, faster than Got, very versatile. Cons: deep packet inspection can probably identify your traffic is using Mu…
And using another VPN like NordVPN or ProtonVPN is probably in the same category as Mullvad, but worth being cautious. If it's free, you are the product. If you pay, you're still sending your traffic to a publicly (usually) known server of a VPN. That metadata alone in some jurisdictions can still put you in danger.
Stay safe