Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by mirap » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 10:04 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by herbst » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 10:08 AM UTC

I always liked mullvad, but they don't offer multiple countries and stuff. It really comes down for what you need it actually.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by mtmail » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 10:14 AM UTC

Didn't you ask the same question two days ago? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12290362

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by pizza234 » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 11:00 AM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #3

Didn't you ask the same question two days ago? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12290362

Looks like the difference is free (previous post) and not free (current one).

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by pizza234 » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 11:09 AM UTC

I think that a analyzing VPNs is quite impractical, but here we go:

After trying a couple, I'm now with Private Internet Access; the reasons are:

  - the support actually replies and helps (this doesn't hold true for all the companies); although I think VPN typical problems are very technical (in fact, I didn't really solve the issue at the time) and may not be solved by them, it shows that the company is actually striving to provide a good service
  - they don't keep logs
  - the quality is stable and fast; my network is permanently connected to it
  - they have many servers around the world
  - they do provided their service with integrity; they've pulled their Russian servers because the Russian authorities imposed them to keep logs

Some of these statements can't be proved, but as far as I can possibly examine and experience, it's a really good service.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by bendiksolheim » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 11:13 AM UTC

Roll your own! Setting up your own, private VPN can be done quite easily with https://github.com/jlund/streisand and a DigitalOcean account. Costs $5 per month. It doesn't require a whole lot of technical competence either, as the Streisand project configures just about everything for you.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by znpy » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 11:13 AM UTC

OpenVPN, on a host you do control.

Everything else is not trustworthy.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 11:25 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by spetron » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 11:26 AM UTC

bendiksolheim wrote: post #6

Roll your own! Setting up your own, private VPN can be done quite easily with https://github.com/jlund/streisand and a DigitalOcean account. Costs $5 per month. It doesn't require a whole lot of technical competence either, as the Streisand project configures just about everything for you.

If you're a student you can get the GitHub Student Pack (https://education.github.com/pack) with 50$ platform credit on DigitalOcean.

I'm using this with streisand, very very easy to set up.

Re: Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?

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Post by throwanem » Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 11:26 AM UTC

bendiksolheim wrote: post #6

Roll your own! Setting up your own, private VPN can be done quite easily with https://github.com/jlund/streisand and a DigitalOcean account. Costs $5 per month. It doesn't require a whole lot of technical competence either, as the Streisand project configures just about everything for you.

That's great! Until something breaks.