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Re: Ask HN: Best paid VPN?

#11

Post by MichaelGG »

o_s_m wrote: post #5
andyzweb wrote: post #4

You've been flagged. please assume the party escort submission position

Why have I been "flagged?"

I think it was an attempt at humour, as in the fascist party ruling the country has now tagged you as a dissenter and will arrest you.

I suggest you get some hosting somewhere (location will depend on where you are, and where you're communicating too, and who you're worried about). Then install OpenVPN (requires custom clients) or configure IPSec (will work out of box on all OSes including Android/iOS).

Re: Ask HN: Best paid VPN?

#14

Post by hugofirth »

mkup wrote: post #8

VPS on Hetzner + OpenVPN with HMAC firewall. I think if you are using generic webhosting instead of pure VPN, then your traffic is less likely to be monitored/recorded in association to your credit card number.

I would second this recommendation, if you have the technical chops for it. Whilst it may seem like more work initially - your vpn will perform far better.

Many paid vpn providers limit you to ~1Mbps down, which may be impractical for some forms of browsing. By contrast, as your personal vpn's only client - you can reasonably expect to see speeds comparable to your own connection and (if you are in europe) only a minor drop in ping.

Furthermore, if you need to use the VPN on a network which blocks ports, running the vpn yourself allows you to edit the port upon which it accepts connections.

Lastly - Hetzner is provider without direct ties to the US/UK, which should afford you some security from drag-net surveillance etc... the Germans seem pretty upset about the whole US signals intel overreach debacle. A win from this perspective.

Re: Ask HN: Best paid VPN?

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Post by ha-ha-ha »

MichaelGG wrote: post #11
o_s_m wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why have I been "flagged?"

I think it was an attempt at humour, as in the fascist party ruling the country has now tagged you as a dissenter and will arrest you. I suggest you get some hosting somewhere (location will depend on where you are, and where you're communicating too, and who you're worried about). Then install OpenVPN (requires custom clients) or configure IPSec (will work out of box on all OSes including Android/iOS).

You've been hell banned. After all YC is about making money, and guess who decides if you're allowed to make money in this country.

Re: Ask HN: Best paid VPN?

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Post by bluedino »

hugofirth wrote: post #14
mkup wrote: post #8

VPS on Hetzner + OpenVPN with HMAC firewall. I think if you are using generic webhosting instead of pure VPN, then your traffic is less likely to be monitored/recorded in association to your credit card number.

I would second this recommendation, if you have the technical chops for it. Whilst it may seem like more work initially - your vpn will perform far better. Many paid vpn providers limit you to ~1Mbps down, which may be impractical for some forms of browsing. By contrast, as your personal vpn's only client - you can reasonably expect to see speeds comparable to your own connection and (if you are in europe) only a min…

>> Hetzner is provider without direct ties to the US/UK

Which also makes them a bad choice if you're trying to watch US TV channels or something while you're visiting abroad.

Re: Ask HN: Best paid VPN?

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Post by rdl »

I like mine (cryptoseal.com) obviously, but I don't think there's a single best VPN for all uses right now. It really depends on how you want to use it:

1) Travel? Travel to China? -- then worry about what VPNs are blocked

2) Need strong anonymity against the US government? You're probably out of luck, but Tor might be a good technology to use for now. Really, you want something which is message-based, not streams, and can have mix-net style latency, not onion routing. Other than email (mixmaster/mixminion, both too small in deployment to be safe, now), you're out of luck. Stay tuned, though. (You also probably need more than just the network -- incognito mode, some kind of filtering proxy, etc.)

3) QoS/etc. evasion on e.g. Comcast for torrenting? I'd probably go with the torrentfreak recommendations. (http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymit...) Generally I think a seedbox is a far better solution for torrenting than a VPN, though.

4) Great Mac support? That is GetCloak's focus.

5) Mobile? The PPTP/L2TP stuff built in is the best, although the security is weaker than SSL or IPsec VPNs.

6) Price? AnchorFree is free. The others range from (generally) $3-20/mo/user.

7) Need to tie in with your existing on-premises networks, AWS VPC, or support multiple clients, or do DLP, etc? That's what cryptoseal's business product tries to do, or you could use a conventional on-premises vpn hardware appliance from Juniper, Cisco, etc.

8) etc.

There isn't one best choice.

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