[ale] VPN recommendations?

[dev null zero two]

>Norton VPN
>Opera VPN

what list is this?!?

.. just giving you shit.

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale <ale at ale.org>
wrote:

> Don't use the one Norton offers.   It works for a bit but gets
> progressively slower to the point of becoming unusable.   I had to remove
> and reinstall it 2-3 times before I finally removed it completely.
>
> As an FYI:  Opera has a built in VPN that works reasonably well for web
> surfing.   They claim they never track where you go.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Byron Jeff via Ale
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 9:32 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] VPN recommendations?
>
> I have PIA (Private Internet Access) also. It's usable, but I get a bit
> frustrated that it seems to drop heavily loaded connections at the drop of
> a hat. I finally wrote a script that monitors the tunnel and restarts it
> when it drops. It also incorporates a kill switch using IP tables so that
> there is no leakage back to the ordinary connection when the tunnel drops.
>
> Overall it works, but the continual starting and stopping kills the
> throughput.
>
> There are a ton of pages and requests on the subject of PIA dropping
> connections. I never found a workable solution that stops the dropped
> connedctions. So I really just have a band-aid that mitigates the fact that
> I know it's going to drop.
>
> But it's $3 and change a month. Can't complain about the price.
>
> BAJ
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 09:17:34AM -0400, dev null zero two via Ale wrote:
> >    I can highly recommend PIA and Torguard wrt # of locations around the
> >    world AND speed. I can reach the single thread limit of the OpenVPN
> >    client on my CPU (130 Mb/s) with both services.
> >    however, if you are going to heavily restricted countries that
> actively
> >    monitor VPN endpoints, your best bet is to setup your own Shadowsocks
> >    server as that is less detectable.
> >
> >    On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 9:13 AM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <[1]ale at ale.org>
> >    wrote:
> >
> >      On 03/16/2018 09:04 AM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> >      > VPNs change their policies all-the-time. The good ones change from
> >      week to week.
> >      >  What can we do?  TorrentFreak does a review of VPNs every year,
> >      usually in
> >      > February.
> >      This is unclear. Sorry.  Because VPN providers enter the market all
> >      the time,
> >      which is "da best" changes all the time.
> >      There are free VPNs - where your traffic is the product. Just
> >      depends on what
> >      you really want.
> >      Also, you can run your own VPN on a VPS if you don't want it at
> >      home, but still
> >      want to have control and don't trust the big VPN providers.  If you
> >      set it up
> >      right, it would be about 3 minutes to bring it up and would only
> >      need to be
> >      running when you are traveling, so the total cost would be pretty
> >      small at a
> >      pay-by-the-minute VPS.
> >      Lots-o-options.
> >
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