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I'd hesitate to recommend VPNGate itself for anything that requires real privacy though. However, SoftEther VPN is an excellent choice if you want to set up your own VPN on a box somewhere.
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Me too, although I've found that Netflix recently blocked their subnets. So even when I'm using it to be a little more secure on open wifi network, I can't stream.
They blocked it? How unfortunate, guess I have to cancel my subscription now :-/
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Not a VPN since DO or well any US hosting company will hand over dox in a heartbeat. Most VPNs are about mixing connections and varying servers along with shortlived logs and being stubborn against subpoenas. Their market is mostly people who need to thwart geolocation for services like Netflix, security researchers aka whitehats (better to be safe than falsely accused of being malicious) and blackhats.
I think you need to look up a definition of a VPN.
Straight from wikipedia:
"Individual Internet users can use some VPNs to secure their wireless transactions, to circumvent geo-restrictions and censorship, and/or to connect to proxy servers for the purpose of protecting personal identity and location. But some Internet sites block access via known VPNs to prevent the circumvention of their geo-restrictions."
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I think you need to look up a definition of a VPN.
I think you need to remove snideness from your remarks. It stinks like shit especially when you end up wrong. A bad way to do intelligent discourse... Straight from wikipedia: "Individual Internet users can use some VPNs to secure their wireless transactions, to circumvent geo-restrictions and censorship, and/or to connect to proxy servers for the purpose of protecting personal identity and location. But some Interne…
What makes a VPN has nothing to do with "shortlived logs", subpoenas, thwarting geolocation, or security researchers.
A VPN is simply a private network stretched over the internet. In fact that private network might not even be routable back out to the internet, the network could be purely an internal network.
A VPN connection to your home network is most certainly a VPN, and your assertion to the person that you were responding to telling him that what he is doing is not a VPN is incorrect.
Also, if you prefer intelligent discourse, you might want to refrain from such judgmental language.
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I think you need to remove snideness from your remarks. It stinks like shit especially when you end up wrong. A bad way to do intelligent discourse... Straight from wikipedia: "Individual Internet users can use some VPNs to secure their wireless transactions, to circumvent geo-restrictions and censorship, and/or to connect to proxy servers for the purpose of protecting personal identity and location. But some Interne…
You shouldn't ever assume malice, especially when there is none. My sentence is a suggestion that you should try to understand what a VPN is and what it is not because you don't seem to fully grasp the concept. Lack of knowledge is nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone is not an expert in every subject. What makes a VPN has nothing to do with "shortlived logs", subpoenas, thwarting geolocation, or security researchers.…
I use the following OpenVPN docker container on my homeserver: https://github.com/kylemanna/docker-openvpn I then send all of the logs to Loggly and get notified anytime someone connects to my OpenVPN server.
I use it more for connecting to resources behind NAT then as an anonymizing proxy.
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You shouldn't ever assume malice, especially when there is none. My sentence is a suggestion that you should try to understand what a VPN is and what it is not because you don't seem to fully grasp the concept. Lack of knowledge is nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone is not an expert in every subject. What makes a VPN has nothing to do with "shortlived logs", subpoenas, thwarting geolocation, or security researchers.…
This whole thread is asking for remote VPNs, not home software or setups. So I fail to see the relevance and your implication to correct my relevant comment in such a dissonant way. Minor correction OK. But to imply I need to look up what a VPN is, is silly.
Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
First, all VPNs are remote. It doesn't matter if you are connecting to something you set up yourself or something hosted in a 3rd party facility.
You're seemingly implying some differentiation to the original question that exists only in your mind.
The parent responded to the asked question with what he uses.
You told him this was "not a VPN", which is just simply not true, and I was trying to be helpful by pointing out that you might need to get a better idea of what a VPN is before you go around telling people what is and what is not a VPN.
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This whole thread is asking for remote VPNs, not home software or setups. So I fail to see the relevance and your implication to correct my relevant comment in such a dissonant way. Minor correction OK. But to imply I need to look up what a VPN is, is silly.
I'll refer you to the headline: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why? First, all VPNs are remote. It doesn't matter if you are connecting to something you set up yourself or something hosted in a 3rd party facility. You're seemingly implying some differentiation to the original question that exists only in your mind. The parent responded to the asked question with what he uses. You told him this was "not a VPN", whic…
SSHing to a DO box, really has none of the attributes you would purchase a remote VPN subscription for. That's what I meant.
Anyhow, we're on the same page. OP never replied so there's not going to be an answer for what he actually meant. Again, I strongly think he would have included the word software if he wasn't looking for a remote VPN service for proxy-like purposes.
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Seconded. Mullvad is my current go-to. I'm still essentially trusting everything they say about no logging (and trusting that it's not a honeypot) and the like but they seem to be the best I've found so far.
Hi, I'm Fredrik Strömberg, one of Mullvad's founders. I'm a frequent lurker on HN. Thank you both! Like you said you can trust what we say regarding logging, but you are unable to verify it. Since that's true for all VPN services, may I suggest relying on track record and other signals instead? Like rhblake said we don't ask for personal information. In fact, we were the first VPN service with that setup, and we were…
Your track record. user reviews and endorsements are what made me choose and stick with Mullvad in the first place.
I definitely haven't been disappointed in any way.
You should check out the VPN comparison chart by "That One Privacy Guy" here: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/ . There are many factors to consider, such as cipher suite, jurisdiction, and logging. Even then, don't get your hopes up. It should be worth noting that VPNs can give a false sense of security (such as not logging). All they're doing is moving the goalpost from one end of the playing field to another. They'r…