Ask HN: Secure VPN unlimited

#1

Post by az » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 6:31 PM UTC

Do you use VPNs to access Internet over public Wi-Fi?

Any suggestions for companies you're happy with?

Re: Ask HN: Secure VPN unlimited

#2

Post by milkmanjr » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 7:26 PM UTC

Came across https://www.tunnelbear.com/ the other day. They seem pretty cool.

I've used https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ while traveling abroad. It has worked quite well.

Re: Ask HN: Secure VPN unlimited

#3

Post by penguinlinux » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 7:52 PM UTC

get a digital ocean instance and install openvpn. periodically destroy the instance and rebuild it.

Re: Ask HN: Secure VPN unlimited

#4

Post by infiniteseeker » Fri, Apr 25, 2014, 8:22 PM UTC

penguinlinux wrote: post #3

get a digital ocean instance and install openvpn. periodically destroy the instance and rebuild it.

wont that instance data be stored in a backup a DO?

Re: Ask HN: Secure VPN unlimited

#5

Post by rahimnathwani » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 1:12 AM UTC

infiniteseeker wrote: post #4

penguinlinux wrote: post #3

get a digital ocean instance and install openvpn. periodically destroy the instance and rebuild it.

wont that instance data be stored in a backup a DO?

The point of destroying is presumably that you don't pay whilst you're sleeping, or otherwise not using the server.

Re: data, you can (optionally) do a wipe when you destroy a DO, but you could just delete the logs or turn off logging, which would be faster. Having said that, I'm not sure what in the logs would be harmful to you.

Re: Ask HN: Secure VPN unlimited

#6

Post by gasull » Sun, Apr 27, 2014, 3:14 PM UTC

http://vpnbook.com/

Offers TCP 443, UDP 53 and PPTP.

Re: Ask HN: Secure VPN unlimited

#7

Post by rbijou » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 8:28 PM UTC

https://cryptostorm.is/

Varying levels of anonymity in purchasing, accepts cryptocurrencies, and compatible across most of my devices. I've also had some great customer support w/ them.