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I've been using WireGuard on my Android phone for a good while now using a free digital ocean droplet via https://github.com/trailofbits/algo https://github.com

I've been using WireGuard on my Android phone for a good while now using a free digital ocean droplet via https://github.com/trailofbits/algo https://github.com/trailofbits/algo It's fast. It's easy. You never have to think about it. It just works.

therealmarv 7y ago
Using myself a Wireguard road warrior install script: https://github.com/l-n-s/wireguard-install https://github.com/l-n-s/wireguard-install
TimTheTinker 7y ago
> using a free digital ocean droplet I can't seem to find any "free" option on their pricing page. Could you elucidate?
- Diederich 7y ago
  > Could you elucidate? I sure can. It looks like I'm using the $5/month 1GB/1CPU/25GB droplet running Ubuntu 18 LTS, and just imagined that I was using a free one. Memory sucks.
- dboreham 7y ago
  An engineering approximation to free?
  - jchook 7y ago
    It’s free given sufficiently small values of 5
  - nissarup 7y ago
    Assuming a spherical VPS in a vacuum...
- zantana 7y ago
  I saw this from IBM which doesn't appear to even need a credit card. :0 https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/ https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/ But I haven't checked it out yet. I think that Azure and GCE have better free tiers than AWS, but I'm guessing the bandwidth metering may work against a vpn use.
nathancahill 7y ago
Do you have any issues with sites blocking the DO IP addresses? I ran this for a while and a number of sites block connections for coming from a data center.
- deanclatworthy 7y ago
  Yep. DO is industry-blacklisted by the consortium of online content providers who collude on VPN ip-ranges. BBC, Netflix, Sky all are blocking it.
  - lima 7y ago
    DO is also commonly blacklisted for being slow to deal with network abuse. I used to build a DDoS mitigation product and we would regularly see 50+ Gbps of inbound attacks originating from DO.
- kemonocode 7y ago
  If you want to set up a VPN from a VPS, consider something like LunaHost, it's what I use and I find less issues with it due to being far less known I'd guess.
- Diederich 7y ago
  While noting what the other commenters have said, I don't recall running into any blocks, though I don't visit the sites they mentioned.
treesknees 7y ago
I also do this, but with Linode. The only hangup I hit every once in a while is that some services will block access to VPS IP blocks due to spam/malicious traffic. E.g. occasionally I can't get Google search results while on VPN, or Pokemon Go won't connect as they block VPS providers to prevent spoofing.
- stjohnswarts 7y ago
  I see a lot more capchas which is annoying. Also paypal doesn't seem to work most of the time either, which is lame, as I use 2FA for any paypal transaction

therealmarv 7y ago

Using myself a Wireguard road warrior install script: https://github.com/l-n-s/wireguard-install https://github.com/l-n-s/wireguard-install

TimTheTinker 7y ago

> using a free digital ocean droplet I can't seem to find any "free" option on their pricing page. Could you elucidate?

Diederich 7y ago
> Could you elucidate? I sure can. It looks like I'm using the $5/month 1GB/1CPU/25GB droplet running Ubuntu 18 LTS, and just imagined that I was using a free one. Memory sucks.
dboreham 7y ago
An engineering approximation to free?
- jchook 7y ago
  It’s free given sufficiently small values of 5
- nissarup 7y ago
  Assuming a spherical VPS in a vacuum...
zantana 7y ago
I saw this from IBM which doesn't appear to even need a credit card. :0 https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/ https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/ But I haven't checked it out yet. I think that Azure and GCE have better free tiers than AWS, but I'm guessing the bandwidth metering may work against a vpn use.

nathancahill 7y ago

Do you have any issues with sites blocking the DO IP addresses? I ran this for a while and a number of sites block connections for coming from a data center.

deanclatworthy 7y ago
Yep. DO is industry-blacklisted by the consortium of online content providers who collude on VPN ip-ranges. BBC, Netflix, Sky all are blocking it.
- lima 7y ago
  DO is also commonly blacklisted for being slow to deal with network abuse. I used to build a DDoS mitigation product and we would regularly see 50+ Gbps of inbound attacks originating from DO.
kemonocode 7y ago
If you want to set up a VPN from a VPS, consider something like LunaHost, it's what I use and I find less issues with it due to being far less known I'd guess.
Diederich 7y ago
While noting what the other commenters have said, I don't recall running into any blocks, though I don't visit the sites they mentioned.

treesknees 7y ago

I also do this, but with Linode. The only hangup I hit every once in a while is that some services will block access to VPS IP blocks due to spam/malicious traffic. E.g. occasionally I can't get Google search results while on VPN, or Pokemon Go won't connect as they block VPS providers to prevent spoofing.

stjohnswarts 7y ago
I see a lot more capchas which is annoying. Also paypal doesn't seem to work most of the time either, which is lame, as I use 2FA for any paypal transaction