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The disadvantage of this over a shared VPN that doesn't keep logs is that there's now a unique IP address that can be tied back to you. A cool feature for a VPS

by guelo 12y ago

The disadvantage of this over a shared VPN that doesn't keep logs is that there's now a unique IP address that can be tied back to you. A cool feature for a VPS would be to have a shared IP address between a bunch of customers.

rahimnathwani 12y ago
Some VPS providers _do_ provide shared IPv4 address, as a way to reduce their costs. A set number (e.g. 20) of ports are forwarded to the VPS' internal IPv4 address. For example: http://lowendspirit.com/ http://lowendspirit.com/ Any VPS which provides 'only' IPv6 will typically support outbound IPv4 via NAT, with that IPv4 address being shared between all customers on the same node.
vincentkriek 12y ago
I was going to comment with this. I have a VPS and have thought about running a VPN from there. This would protect me from a whole lot of man in the middle attacks as well as preventing the ISP's on snooping in on my traffic. However, another big advantage to a VPN for me is anonimity, not directly giving the site information on who you are. If you were to set this up and use it just for you it's not unthinkable that government organisations like the NSA in Amerika and the AIVD in my homecountry of the Netherlands could identify you pretty easily. For that I use Private Internet Access[1] right now, they claim to have patched a lot of the important software to have no logging, so they can't keep them. They also share IP addresses between customers which means the IP address is not a form of identification anymore. Their site looks like shit, I agree, but the service is pretty great. [1]https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
crypt1d 12y ago
I suppose you could always come up with some script that recreates the whole VPS and thus get a new IP address... but that makes it overly complicated for most people.
- dzhiurgis 12y ago
  AWS does not charge for first 100 IP addresses. They also have OpenVPN AMI.
maaaats 12y ago
Yeah. And in my case, an rDNS lookup will even resolve to a domain name owned by me, as I run some other utilities on that box. Not stopping me, though. I use the VPN when using public WiFis, knowing that my data is protected but that I'm not anonymous.
dzhiurgis 12y ago
On the other hand shared IPs are probably quickly flagged by anomaly detection software. I.e. Tor IPs typically have very poor 'credit' score.

by guelo 12y ago

rahimnathwani 12y ago

Some VPS providers _do_ provide shared IPv4 address, as a way to reduce their costs. A set number (e.g. 20) of ports are forwarded to the VPS' internal IPv4 address. For example: http://lowendspirit.com/ http://lowendspirit.com/ Any VPS which provides 'only' IPv6 will typically support outbound IPv4 via NAT, with that IPv4 address being shared between all customers on the same node.

vincentkriek 12y ago

I was going to comment with this. I have a VPS and have thought about running a VPN from there. This would protect me from a whole lot of man in the middle attacks as well as preventing the ISP's on snooping in on my traffic. However, another big advantage to a VPN for me is anonimity, not directly giving the site information on who you are. If you were to set this up and use it just for you it's not unthinkable that government organisations like the NSA in Amerika and the AIVD in my homecountry of the Netherlands could identify you pretty easily. For that I use Private Internet Access[1] right now, they claim to have patched a lot of the important software to have no logging, so they can't keep them. They also share IP addresses between customers which means the IP address is not a form of identification anymore. Their site looks like shit, I agree, but the service is pretty great. [1]https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

crypt1d 12y ago

I suppose you could always come up with some script that recreates the whole VPS and thus get a new IP address... but that makes it overly complicated for most people.

dzhiurgis 12y ago
AWS does not charge for first 100 IP addresses. They also have OpenVPN AMI.

maaaats 12y ago

Yeah. And in my case, an rDNS lookup will even resolve to a domain name owned by me, as I run some other utilities on that box. Not stopping me, though. I use the VPN when using public WiFis, knowing that my data is protected but that I'm not anonymous.

dzhiurgis 12y ago

On the other hand shared IPs are probably quickly flagged by anomaly detection software. I.e. Tor IPs typically have very poor 'credit' score.