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Just write simple script. Why this service is needed. Provisioning VPN server is not a rocket science.

notavalleyman 3y ago
I really thought this was a reference to the dropbox showhn - "you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
- anaganisk 3y ago
  But in this case it actually is a onliner to spin up a VPN and the relevant mobile/PC client apps are already there. One click deploy scripts are available for digital ocean, AWS, GCP, Azure etc. This OG Dropbox comment was too snarky, for a genuine use case, the solutions in those comments were actually complicated than using Dropbox, while spinning up your own VPN is actually safer and better wrt streaming services etc, not easy but serves the purpose in a safer and better way.
  - quickthrower2 3y ago
    There are plenty of VPN users “intersect” never used the command line. And maybe a smaller set like me who are geeks but prefer not to manage their own server even from a script. As if using such a script means no problems and you wont be googling for why x y or z isn’t working.
- xen2xen1 3y ago
  Mad haxorz skill?!?! I'm leet!
hfkwer 3y ago
The ip space is what's valuable about a vpn service.
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cpursley 3y ago
Yeah, soooo simple. I've spent the entire day trying to figure out how to run Algo and OpenVPN on DigitalOcean. With zero luck Some of just don't like screwing with servers and are willing to pay a premium for that. I absolutly loathe managing servers.
- mirchiseth 3y ago
  I used to do Algo with a VM on GCP. But fly.io and tailscale has made this really simple. Try this if you are looking for an easier alternative https://github.com/patte/fly-tailscale-exit https://github.com/patte/fly-tailscale-exit
  - cpursley 3y ago
    Thanks, can I use this like a regular personal VPN - hook up my phones, machines and route through it?
throwawaymobule 3y ago
surprised nobody's made a vpn app that just does that provisioning on demand on some service, optionally using the developer's affilliate code.

I really thought this was a reference to the dropbox showhn - "you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

anaganisk 3y ago
But in this case it actually is a onliner to spin up a VPN and the relevant mobile/PC client apps are already there. One click deploy scripts are available for digital ocean, AWS, GCP, Azure etc. This OG Dropbox comment was too snarky, for a genuine use case, the solutions in those comments were actually complicated than using Dropbox, while spinning up your own VPN is actually safer and better wrt streaming services etc, not easy but serves the purpose in a safer and better way.
- quickthrower2 3y ago
  There are plenty of VPN users “intersect” never used the command line. And maybe a smaller set like me who are geeks but prefer not to manage their own server even from a script. As if using such a script means no problems and you wont be googling for why x y or z isn’t working.
xen2xen1 3y ago
Mad haxorz skill?!?! I'm leet!

hfkwer 3y ago

The ip space is what's valuable about a vpn service.

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cpursley 3y ago

Yeah, soooo simple. I've spent the entire day trying to figure out how to run Algo and OpenVPN on DigitalOcean. With zero luck Some of just don't like screwing with servers and are willing to pay a premium for that. I absolutly loathe managing servers.

mirchiseth 3y ago
I used to do Algo with a VM on GCP. But fly.io and tailscale has made this really simple. Try this if you are looking for an easier alternative https://github.com/patte/fly-tailscale-exit https://github.com/patte/fly-tailscale-exit
- cpursley 3y ago
  Thanks, can I use this like a regular personal VPN - hook up my phones, machines and route through it?

throwawaymobule 3y ago

surprised nobody's made a vpn app that just does that provisioning on demand on some service, optionally using the developer's affilliate code.