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In case you're looking to build your own and rely on existing software, we built an easy way to create a VPN and deploy it to digital ocean or rackspace, in a s

by borski 12y ago

In case you're looking to build your own and rely on existing software, we built an easy way to create a VPN and deploy it to digital ocean or rackspace, in a single click. Check it out here: https://www.tinfoilsecurity.com/vpn/new https://www.tinfoilsecurity.com/vpn/new

borski 12y ago
Why the downvotes? This is free, and I just posted it as an alternative. You can also take our open source script and run it on a box of your choice, if you don't want to trust us with your keys (which we never store). Our script: https://github.com/tinfoil/openvpn_autoconfig/blob/master/bin/openvpn.sh https://github.com/tinfoil/openvpn_autoconfig/blob/master/bi...
tjoff 12y ago
Man that page looks fraudulent. Doesn't even mention what kind of "VPN" is used other than it is supposedly "open". So, what client can I use? Which devices or operating systems does it support? Not even the FAQ addresses any of it. And with all that one is expected to trust ones key to that site? (the way the page is setup I guess the target audience can not even be expected to know what a "key" is, or why they would even need to trust that site even if they did use it) At the very bottom, in the fine-print, there is a link to a blog post. Great. Start with that! Move the whole page to the bottom of the blog post. "But that will hurt adoptability". GREAT! No one in the in their right mind should be "securing their internets with some cloud thing that some dude recommended" in under 30 seconds anyway. This is only encouraging people being gullible which is kind of ironic since the aim seems to be to help people not trusting public wifi.
- borski 12y ago
  So, in a different world, you'd be right. In this case, we originally built this for Sochi so journalists could use a VPN. Journalists are not going to have any idea how to build a box, ssh in, run a script, etc. We later changed the copy to be related to DEF CON, to keep it current, but yeah.
beefsack 12y ago
I've just had a look at your config script and this would save me a lot of time when I need to spin up throwaway VPNs. Is there any chance you could make a version wrapped in stunnel to help with countries which are able to detect OpenVPN traffic, such as China?
- borski 12y ago
  Great idea - I'll see if I can make time for it. We welcome pull requests, too :)
goalo 12y ago
Why give your access key to your server to a third party. See how to setup VPN server in 10 minutes on AWS server https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015/how-to-setup-your-own-private-secure-free-vpn-on-the-amazon-aws-cloud-in-10-minutes/ https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015/how-to-setup-your-own-pr...

by borski 12y ago

borski 12y ago

Why the downvotes? This is free, and I just posted it as an alternative. You can also take our open source script and run it on a box of your choice, if you don't want to trust us with your keys (which we never store). Our script: https://github.com/tinfoil/openvpn_autoconfig/blob/master/bin/openvpn.sh https://github.com/tinfoil/openvpn_autoconfig/blob/master/bi...

tjoff 12y ago

Man that page looks fraudulent. Doesn't even mention what kind of "VPN" is used other than it is supposedly "open". So, what client can I use? Which devices or operating systems does it support? Not even the FAQ addresses any of it. And with all that one is expected to trust ones key to that site? (the way the page is setup I guess the target audience can not even be expected to know what a "key" is, or why they would even need to trust that site even if they did use it) At the very bottom, in the fine-print, there is a link to a blog post. Great. Start with that! Move the whole page to the bottom of the blog post. "But that will hurt adoptability". GREAT! No one in the in their right mind should be "securing their internets with some cloud thing that some dude recommended" in under 30 seconds anyway. This is only encouraging people being gullible which is kind of ironic since the aim seems to be to help people not trusting public wifi.

borski 12y ago
So, in a different world, you'd be right. In this case, we originally built this for Sochi so journalists could use a VPN. Journalists are not going to have any idea how to build a box, ssh in, run a script, etc. We later changed the copy to be related to DEF CON, to keep it current, but yeah.

beefsack 12y ago

I've just had a look at your config script and this would save me a lot of time when I need to spin up throwaway VPNs. Is there any chance you could make a version wrapped in stunnel to help with countries which are able to detect OpenVPN traffic, such as China?

borski 12y ago
Great idea - I'll see if I can make time for it. We welcome pull requests, too :)

goalo 12y ago

Why give your access key to your server to a third party. See how to setup VPN server in 10 minutes on AWS server https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015/how-to-setup-your-own-private-secure-free-vpn-on-the-amazon-aws-cloud-in-10-minutes/ https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015/how-to-setup-your-own-pr...