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Alternatively, just use Algo. [1] It's a self-hosted, hardened IPSEC VPN that automates setup on multiple cloud providers. 1. https://github.com/trailofbits/al

Alternatively, just use Algo. [1] It's a self-hosted, hardened IPSEC VPN that automates setup on multiple cloud providers. 1. https://github.com/trailofbits/algo https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

mirimir 9y ago
Or Streisand.[0] 0) https://github.com/jlund/streisand https://github.com/jlund/streisand
- eximius 9y ago
  Most people who have an opinion between the two suggest algo is the better of them, for what its worth.
  - mirimir 9y ago
    Thanks. I've never used either, actually. I just do it manually. Another good option for AWS is OpenVPN Access Server. There's a template.
    - icelancer 9y ago
      Also packages in APT; openvpn-as is trivial to set up as long as TUN/TAP is enabled. Has a web portal and everything and serves Windows and MacOS binaries from the self-signed HTTPS page. Easy for most moderately technical users.
KingMob 9y ago
Algo is great! For anybody who wants steps on setting it up with an unsupported provider, I wrote a blog post on exactly that recently: http://modulolotus.net/posts/2016-03-28-setting-up-algo/ http://modulolotus.net/posts/2016-03-28-setting-up-algo/. I used Vultr, but it should help for any Ubuntu-based server.
- justinclift 9y ago
  Is the "2016" date in your blog post & URL correct? Seems off by a year.
  - KingMob 9y ago
    Ooo, good catch. Must have mistyped the year in the filename.
Psilidae 9y ago
I'm really happy with Algo! One minor issue I experienced: I have not had a good experience using Digital Ocean for VPNs. I tried manually setting up OpenVPN on it a while ago and got really bad upload speed (admittedly, I could have misconfigured it). With Algo, the speed seemed okay, but I would frequently "disconnect" every hour or two. According to Windows, I was still connected to the VPN, but my traffic wasn't getting out; I'd have to manually reconnect to get Internet access again. I set up Algo on Azure a month ago and have had no problems at all. I'd highly recommend Algo if you're looking for ISP/untrusted network protection and pseudo-anonymization (3rd parties just seeing a cloud IP rather than your home IP).
ejlangev 9y ago
I'm happy with algo too, easy to setup and works great.

Alternatively, just use Algo. [1] It's a self-hosted, hardened IPSEC VPN that automates setup on multiple cloud providers. 1. https://github.com/trailofbits/algo https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

mirimir 9y ago

Or Streisand.[0] 0) https://github.com/jlund/streisand https://github.com/jlund/streisand

eximius 9y ago
Most people who have an opinion between the two suggest algo is the better of them, for what its worth.
- mirimir 9y ago
  Thanks. I've never used either, actually. I just do it manually. Another good option for AWS is OpenVPN Access Server. There's a template.
  - icelancer 9y ago
    Also packages in APT; openvpn-as is trivial to set up as long as TUN/TAP is enabled. Has a web portal and everything and serves Windows and MacOS binaries from the self-signed HTTPS page. Easy for most moderately technical users.

KingMob 9y ago

Algo is great! For anybody who wants steps on setting it up with an unsupported provider, I wrote a blog post on exactly that recently: http://modulolotus.net/posts/2016-03-28-setting-up-algo/ http://modulolotus.net/posts/2016-03-28-setting-up-algo/. I used Vultr, but it should help for any Ubuntu-based server.

justinclift 9y ago
Is the "2016" date in your blog post & URL correct? Seems off by a year.
- KingMob 9y ago
  Ooo, good catch. Must have mistyped the year in the filename.

Psilidae 9y ago

I'm really happy with Algo! One minor issue I experienced: I have not had a good experience using Digital Ocean for VPNs. I tried manually setting up OpenVPN on it a while ago and got really bad upload speed (admittedly, I could have misconfigured it). With Algo, the speed seemed okay, but I would frequently "disconnect" every hour or two. According to Windows, I was still connected to the VPN, but my traffic wasn't getting out; I'd have to manually reconnect to get Internet access again. I set up Algo on Azure a month ago and have had no problems at all. I'd highly recommend Algo if you're looking for ISP/untrusted network protection and pseudo-anonymization (3rd parties just seeing a cloud IP rather than your home IP).

ejlangev 9y ago

I'm happy with algo too, easy to setup and works great.