VPN service for hosting public-facing services on non-hosting ISP circuits

Post by dannyw » Sat, May 25, 2019, 6:44 AM UTC

Tepix wrote: post #16

stedaniels wrote: post #13

The website looks good. Obviously early days since pricing is missing. Probably sorting out value proposition, how much they can get away with charging, etc. A comparative point is using Cloudflare and Argo tunnel which I'm currently using.

If you are technically capable to set it up by yourself using OpenVPN, you can get a dirt cheap VPS with one IPv4 address for less than $1/month ($12/year). lowendtalk.com is a community that discusses these deals.

Post by lohszvu » Sat, May 25, 2019, 7:08 AM UTC

vinay_ys wrote: post #18

sandov wrote: post #6

I'll try to use this for SSH. What's the best way to embed an SSH session inside of HTTP requests?

It seems to be using ssh to tunnel your http connection in the first place. So, if ssh is blocked in your network, this won't work.

Post by metildaa » Sat, May 25, 2019, 7:29 AM UTC

lohszvu wrote: post #22

dannyw wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My experiences have been that these businesses generally disappear after a few months and leave you holding the bag, with a service disruption and data loss. Recommendations for any “low end box” that’s about $12 a year and not a fly by night scam would be appreciated.

I've used hostus and alpharacks for multiple years at that price range.

Post by altfredd » Sat, May 25, 2019, 7:31 AM UTC

sdwisely wrote: post #12

fulafel wrote: post #7

This might actually be the future of running net-accessible stuff on your own devices, if the NAT-imposed unreachability continues to cement itself as the default expectation for people. Great that they have a free tier. Though I think you can do this same thing with many existing tunnel providers too, no?

> This might actually be the future of running net-accessible stuff on your own devices I sure hope not, demand ipv6.

Post by mirimir » Sat, May 25, 2019, 8:12 AM UTC

syntonym wrote: post #28

mirimir wrote: post #24

Another option is algo using wireguard with port forwarding. https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

I'm really confused why this creates an IPsec server AND an wireguard server, or do I read that wrong? Managing two server which basically do the same thing seems to double the attack surface without any gains. One selling point of wireguard is to be an easier but still as least as secure alternative to IPsec.