Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
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Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#2Been using this for years, can be a little weird at times but usually works fairly well, even on OS X.
Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#3Been using this for years, can be a little weird at times but usually works fairly well, even on OS X.
Doesn't work on Yosemite!
Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#4I used this for a while in summer while I travelled to China, it worked shortly before the powerful GFW blocks it deadly, along with openvpn-over-443-port etc that I tried, which also failed soon after it's used for a short while.
Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#5Why not just use OpenVPN? It's just as simple (if not simpler) to setup and considerably more powerful.
An OpenVPN server can go from zero to done in under 5 minutes (for HN readers, less) with a Docker container: https://github.com/kylemanna/github
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#6Just use Shadowsocks, unless you're on iOS, in which case use PPTP. These both work reliably for me, and with the latest versions of OSX.
If you need something more resistant to DPI, check out stunnel or obfsproxy as carriers for OpenVPN. Switch ports regularly as well. You needn't change server config to do this: just use iptables to forward stuff so your server's stunnel daemon is listening on hundreds of ports.
Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#7Absolutely will not in China, LOL
Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#8Just use Shadowsocks, unless you're on iOS, in which case use PPTP. These both work reliably for me, and with the latest versions of OSX. If you need something more resistant to DPI, check out stunnel or obfsproxy as carriers for OpenVPN. Switch ports regularly as well. You needn't change server config to do this: just use iptables to forward stuff so your server's stunnel daemon is listening on hundreds of ports.
One of the primary use cases, as described on the main page linked, is for systems where you aren't an admin of the remote system, and thus can't use iptables as you describe.
Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#9Been using this for years, can be a little weird at times but usually works fairly well, even on OS X.
Doesn't work on Yosemite!
If I remember correctly it does but you have to modify kernel setting of some description to make it work.
EDIT: Appears this fork does support Yosemite, it's even installable via Homebrew.
Re: Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN
#10Absolutely will not in China, LOL
Works well.
... Only recently had issues during the parade using with the Linode IP range. DigitalOcean no problems.