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I don't think this is good advice unless you are a security professional or engineer and isn't a good solution for the vast majority of the country. The amount

I don't think this is good advice unless you are a security professional or engineer and isn't a good solution for the vast majority of the country. The amount of things you can misconfigure, screw up or fail to understand is enormous if you aren't well versed. Imo, vpn service is like crypto: far better to leave it up to the pros. Rolling your own may leave you open to far worse things. The real solution is a vpn service people can actually trust.

nuggien 10y ago
You should read the mission statement of something like https://github.com/trailofbits/algo https://github.com/trailofbits/algo (linked to by parent post) before making this statement. Would you rather trust your own locked own server which does one thing very well, or a vpn service which has to provide everything under the sun in order to cater to as many customers as possible? Edit: also https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/12/12/meet-algo-the-vpn-that-works/ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/12/12/meet-algo-the-vpn-th...