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I've wanted to setup my router with my VPN, but the only thing stopping me is that, AFAIK, some services won't work with most big VPN services - like Netflix.

by _qbxp 10y ago

I've wanted to setup my router with my VPN, but the only thing stopping me is that, AFAIK, some services won't work with most big VPN services - like Netflix. I use iVPN and can't stream Netflix while connected.

kinkrtyavimoodh 10y ago
Not just Netflix (where it makes some sense because they are forced by content distributors to enforce geo-fencing of content), but I have had random websites stop working on VPN. Often I've given up on a website thinking it's a bug on their end, before realizing that it's not working because I am on VPN. Maybe they do it to prevent anonymous attacks or something, I dunno, but it's quite annoying because they fail in very vague and unclear ways.
rbritton 10y ago
I have a private Streisand server [0] running for that reason. I got tired of dealing with most of the IPs for big VPN services being blocked on a lot of websites. [0]: https://github.com/jlund/streisand https://github.com/jlund/streisand
- cortesoft 10y ago
  Where do you run it? Some of those same sites that block VPNs also block AWS IP blocks, and may also block other cloud providers as well.
- wakkaflokka 10y ago
  I would be interested in this as well. 1. Where are you hosting it, and do you ever get blocked from certain services or websites? 2. How much does it cost? Is it a fixed cost, or bandwidth-dependent? 3. What do your down/up speeds look like when connected?
- rbritton 10y ago
  To answer you both: I host mine on a DigitalOcean instance. The Streisand installer (bash script + Ansible playbook) has a number of built-in deployment targets (Amazon, DigitalOcean, Google, Linode, and Rackspace at the time I did mine), and you can further select which region you want. It costs $5/mo, though there would be a cost for bandwidth overage if you hit your limit for the instance size. I have not done a speed test on it as I have always been constrained by my local connection more than the server's end. I use it only when traveling at the moment.

by _qbxp 10y ago

kinkrtyavimoodh 10y ago

Not just Netflix (where it makes some sense because they are forced by content distributors to enforce geo-fencing of content), but I have had random websites stop working on VPN. Often I've given up on a website thinking it's a bug on their end, before realizing that it's not working because I am on VPN. Maybe they do it to prevent anonymous attacks or something, I dunno, but it's quite annoying because they fail in very vague and unclear ways.

rbritton 10y ago

I have a private Streisand server [0] running for that reason. I got tired of dealing with most of the IPs for big VPN services being blocked on a lot of websites. [0]: https://github.com/jlund/streisand https://github.com/jlund/streisand

cortesoft 10y ago
Where do you run it? Some of those same sites that block VPNs also block AWS IP blocks, and may also block other cloud providers as well.
wakkaflokka 10y ago
I would be interested in this as well. 1. Where are you hosting it, and do you ever get blocked from certain services or websites? 2. How much does it cost? Is it a fixed cost, or bandwidth-dependent? 3. What do your down/up speeds look like when connected?
rbritton 10y ago
To answer you both: I host mine on a DigitalOcean instance. The Streisand installer (bash script + Ansible playbook) has a number of built-in deployment targets (Amazon, DigitalOcean, Google, Linode, and Rackspace at the time I did mine), and you can further select which region you want. It costs $5/mo, though there would be a cost for bandwidth overage if you hit your limit for the instance size. I have not done a speed test on it as I have always been constrained by my local connection more than the server's end. I use it only when traveling at the moment.