I use NordVPN for my home server's docker containers, on my phone and on my Mac. Never had any issues and it's v. cheap when purchasing for 3 years.
Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?
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#32I'm using Freedome, which requires special software (best I can tell). I'm using it because it's made by F-Secure, and I know the F-Secure people from a long time ago.
They have a large commercial business that would get seriously Kaperskied if it turned out they were knowingly doing anything wrong, and I've decided that that's the kind of incentive I want in a VPN provider.
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#33Is there a way to setup an “always on” VPN on my device, such that it disallows any traffic to egress unless connected to the VPN?
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#34I use PIA. No problems so far.
Same, for about 6 years.
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#35Is there a way to setup an “always on” VPN on my device, such that it disallows any traffic to egress unless connected to the VPN?
macOS and iOS call this "Connect on Demand." I'm not sure about other systems, but it should be possible.
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#36A dedicated server at the Warsaw Hackerspace, which is its own LIR/ISP (AS204880) and has a BGP session to the local IX and an upstream mix.
I highly recommend running your own VPN endpoint on at least a VPS/cloud instance somewhere. Such address blocks are used by tons of other users at immense traffic levels, and as such your traffic is much less likely to be intercepted by the provider itself.
Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?
#37Is there a way to setup an “always on” VPN on my device, such that it disallows any traffic to egress unless connected to the VPN?
On macOS/iOS you can configure the built-in VPN clients to use "on-demand" mode, which wont allow traffic before the VPN connection is established.
The only way to configure this however is using the Apple Configurator tool and create a custom profile.
I run this for my OpenBSD IKEv2 servers which gives me automatic on-demand VPN on cellular and all non-known Wi-Fi networks (== not home).
Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?
#38It doesn’t support OpenVPN, but I’ll leave a plug for the Outline VPN from Jigsaw (Alphabet). [0]
It’s similar in concept to Algo, in that you deploy your own VPN server on a VPS rather than use a hosted service. However, it provides a polished desktop app for deploying the server, and walks you through creating a VPS on DigitalOcean very easily.
This is incredibly helpful, because most folks I’ve helped with VPN setups are not comfortable aren’t handy with a CLI, and I’ve been able to walk more than one person through setting Outline up very easily.
Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?
#39A dedicated server at the Warsaw Hackerspace, which is its own LIR/ISP (AS204880) and has a BGP session to the local IX and an upstream mix. I highly recommend running your own VPN endpoint on at least a VPS/cloud instance somewhere. Such address blocks are used by tons of other users at immense traffic levels, and as such your traffic is much less likely to be intercepted by the provider itself.
I doubt the scale of the data being intercepted is much concern for the hyperscale providers. AWS already has a customer-facing service that monitors for connections to its own "watchlist", I'd be surprised if all traffic isn't monitored in the same way.
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#40ExpressVPN has been a really great experience in terms of price and ease of use. Been a customer for a few years now.
I like it as well, but Netflix blocks it much more than a year ago...it's a shame, because I travel a lot, and changing country means that I can't finish a series that I was watching in another country