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>When you use our VPN service the only data we collect from you (“VPN Data”) is as follows:

>username

>a time stamp when you connect and disconnect to our VPN service;

>the amount data transmitted (upload and download) during your session;

>the IP address used by you to connect to our VPN; and

>the IP address of the individual VPN server used by you.

https://www.hidemyass.com/legal/logging

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>OVPN does not log any activity whatsoever for users connected to our VPN servers. We do not know who is connected, what they are doing, or when they are doing it.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/logs-not-at-ovpn/

Ovpn should be quite safe. They run a custom linux disto with the sole purpose of not storing logs at all. See this post for more info.

Ah, didn't realize it was that long ago.

OVPN is the one I use and recommend, for anyone reading this. Runs on Windows, Macs, and Ubuntu and has mobile apps as well, which is great for public wifi, and has an automatic killswitch if the VPN connection is lost for worry-free torrenting*. It's not the cheapest option , but they have no server logs, good speeds regardless if what country you choose a server in, and they even let you pay for your account anonymously if you're really paranoid.

*Hypothetically, of course. I'd never actually torrent things I have to worry about.

Hello, I'd suggest you trying the GUI way, following Ubuntu's guide. Menus are slightly different between Plasma and Unity, but the general idea is the same:

• Download pre-configurated file from your VPN provider;
• In network settings find how to create a new connection and choose "Import a saved VPN configuration";
• Select the file you got from the provider, add your username/pass and any other required information;
• Then either it'll connect automatically or you'll be able to connect to VPN from the network drop-down menu.

I'd like to give more detailed description with screenshots, but my motherboard died, so I currently don't have access to my setup. Also my VPN provider doesn't require manual DNS configuration, and offers one .ovpn file instead of .conf/.crt/.key, so there may be some differences.

Don't overthink the process, you don't need to do any of that. PFSense already has a built-in package for OpenVPN:

https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/pfsense

Follow this process and you're gold. No need to waste resources on additional VMs when you can manage and maintain it from within the same systems you've already got online.

Yes, it’s a fine solution. The iOS app works great.

You could have typed “raspberry pi openvpn server” into google.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/raspberry-pi-raspbian

The pi has a 300megabit max throughout on the NIC due to it running through a USB interface so your throughout will be around 110 mbps... but for the sake of privacy it’s probably fine.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/privacy-concerns-with-macos-big-sur

After a public uproar, they backed down and said they will stop logging IPs/AppleIDs and will encrypt the channels. But still they're essentially constantly verifying your activity - i.e. what applications your running etc. They can decide at any time what data they get.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/apple-t2-chip-linux-mac-problems-3616180 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251260029

The T2 security chip controls a lot of things in hardware and restricts what you can do on the OS. e.g. You couldn't install Linux on the newer macs. I think there are some updates for this, but it's tug of war struggle.

I'm pleased too hear that, it's definitely worth checking out atleast.

Here are some useful links explaining their stand on things and so on-

https://www.ovpn.com/en/security

This is also an interesting read https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/ovpn-fights-court-order Their privacy policy -

https://www.ovpn.com/en/privacypolicy It's worth reading if you become interested in it. I'm not too keen on writing this on the phone so the formatting is a bit off.

Install networkmanager-pptp and set it using Network Manager, actually PPTP isnt recommended for VPNs nowadays since is insecure

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Why PPTP is an outdated and insecure protocol

Oh for God's sake! Denmark: https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2021/09/the-unlawful-law-mass-surveillance-of-the-danish-people/

Sweden: https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/swedish-covert-surveillance-of-data-act

Norway: The Norwegian law (digital grenseforsvar) is currently stopped, but still not entirely off the table.

You're welcome.

Yep, here are two links:

https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/edgeos - Setup instructions for OpenVPN for EdgeOS, which is what PIA uses

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdesk/kb/articles/can-i-use-the-private-internet-access-service-with-my-router-2 - PIA instructions to see how to generate everything required

What is the edgerouter you're using? Edgerouter-X will perform about 30 Mbps cap with most OpenVPN encryption functions (https://community.ui.com/questions/Test-ER-X-OpenVPN-performance/1b9b849c-3a41-4f6b-af27-23e428661d1a).

Seems relevant to repost this here: I'm using an Edgerouter Pro, but the same will apply to a lot of linux routers with a CLI (I imagine)

To get around this, I have found a VPN service which allows me to port forward. More specifically, a service which is in close proximity to my StarLink uplink. In my case, StarLink and my VPN server are both in NYC. This provider simply passed me an OpenVPN config. From there I followed this guide to get the config added to my router as a virtual interface.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/edgeos#:~:text=Install%20OVPN%20on%20an%20Edgerouter%20%28EdgeOS%29%201%20SSH,be%20able%20to%20browse%20the%20internet%20safely.%20

The public IP comes to that interface from the VPN service’s DHCP. I’ll get around the changing IPs using an FQDN and DDNS from CloudFlare. Given that I won’t be using my StarLink public IP (as it doesn’t exist) I have elected to change the WAN interface in the port-forwarding gui to vtun0. This is specifically how I chose to handle port forwarding. My 0.0.0.0 route is going through the StarLink interface directly without using the VPN. This keeps the latency down on normal traffic. Only specific incoming traffic will use the VPN and Public IP.

This is asked every week, you could've searched.

Anyway, this will get you started: List of VPNs with port-forwarding and no logging evidence (2021). But you can forget Netflix, it's blocking 95% of VPN servers and the remaining 5% is only temporary. From the previous list OVPN does try to guarantee Netflix USA, GER and SWE but you shouldn't take it as granted.

I think it could be done with setting up a cron job to detect if the vpn is up and running. Look at this setup of tunnelmonitor.sh in this article for help on how to do this. This is for openvpn guessing it could be used for IPsec unsure of that though. Let us know if this helps with your problem or not.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/ipfire

Have you ever done this before? Do you know how the tech works? Or if you're learning, can you pull out the keywords in that error?

>!it's telling you that the routines are missing from your config file.!<

>!for OpenVPN, you need to install config files based on how you set it up and what yiloure using it for. https://www.ovpn.com/en/configurations so if an error is popping up there, it might be a good place to start to make sure the file is complete, or is correct for your situation.!<

"Running your own personal VPN would just shift your entry into the internet to another machine" Another machine which I don't own in a country where I don't live

"You will need cover traffic with other users" Shared IPs

" VPN has a huge legal cost" https://www.ovpn.com/en/security?#insurance

"Timing correlation attacks are very easy with a VPN" This is now the third time I've had to remind you of multihop

I've tried to disable it with instructions found here: https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/deactivate-smart-multi-homed-name-resolution-in-windows-8-8-1-and-10/

But without luck... It's still giving me multiple DNS servers (which include my mobile carrier).

I am not sure what exact instructions I used to configure VPN; something like this: https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/opnsense but I don't know if this is the one*.*

Forcing VPN: OPN's DHCP server assigns network parameters to clients so computers just use OPNsense's LAN IP address as a gateway. Few clients have static IP, but they also use same GW.

Routes:

OVPN bana en guvenilir geleni. Cogu VPN saglayicilari gibi sitelerini sadece hizlari ve fiyatlariyla ilgili bilgilerle doldurmak yerine sunucularinin guvenliginden vs. bahsediyorlar.

Veri merkezlerindeki kilitli ve alarmli kabinleri ile fiziksel guvenligi sagliyorlarmis. Sunucularinda Debian ya da Alphine Linux'un (tam hatirlamiyorum) editlenmis halini kullaniyorlarmis. Sistemden yazilimsal olarak kullanmadiklari portlarin islevini silmisler, yani bos portlardan kablo sokayim trafigi dinleyim olayinin onune gecmisler. En onemlisi de sunuculari disksiz, kabindeki bir sunucudan bootlanip RAM uzerinden calisiyormus.

Her ay yayinladiklari transparency raporlarinda da kac DMCA bildirimi ve yargic emri aldiklarini ama bilgi vermediklerini belirtiyorlar.

https://www.ovpn.com/

"which VPN will be least likely to do so?"

Of all the VPN services I've used over the years, OVPN is the one I've settled on and trust the most. All servers are diskless, and owned by them, and they've proven themselves in court. Don't think you can do much better than that.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/ovpn-wins-court-order

OVPN is the best that I know of, as it pertains to privacy and physical security of their servers.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/ovpn-wins-court-order

Try the following:

sudo -i

echo „deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main“ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unstable.list

printf ‚Package: *\nPin: release a=unstable\nPin-Priority: 90\n‘ > /etc/apt/preferences.d/limit-unstable

apt update

apt install wireguard

It‘s from https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/wireguard/raspberry-pi-raspbian, and I haven‘t tried it out, but this might work.

Edit: typo

I have also opened port to Plex (everything else blocked by synology firewall settings) since i want to be able to access Plex outside my home and also allow my parents to access my Plex library but i'm doing it via my vpn service provider using a static ipv4 adress (secured by their servers). Is this an absolute terrible idea?

Finnes det norske VPN tilbydere? Dette er ikke en problemstilling. I tillegg så var OVPN i Sverige nylig i retten hvor de ble stevnet av rettighetsalliansen. Alliansen ønsket å få utlevert oversikt over hvilken bruker som benyttet en viss ip adresse på et gitt tidspunkt. Det fantes ingen logger, så det var en tapt sak. Retten landet også på at en VPN tilbyder ikke var å anse som en ISP tilbyder. ISP tilbyderen til OVPN måtte logge, men alt ble logget som OVPN, ikke som individuelle brukere.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/ovpn-wins-court-order

OpenVPN can do this https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/raspberry-pi-raspbian but the setup will be a little complex if you're brand new to Raspberry Pi/ Linux. You'll also likely need help from your IT dept (if this is for work) and they might bounce you when they find out what you're trying to set the VPN up on - most IT departments will only support Windows (and Macs at a push)

I’d start fresh if I were you, and re-flash raspbian to the SD. Also, find a better tutorial.. let me see what I can find.

This looks mostly accurate, just a little out of date: https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-VPN-Gateway/

Here's another one that looks pretty good: https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/raspberry-pi-raspbian

Ugh, that guide had more typos than me when drunk and I only skimmed it.

Try this one; https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/openwrt

Second to this, remember that even though that's a dual core 1.4GHz CPU, OpenVPN will kill it at high bandwidth. Third to this, OpenVPN is single threaded atm, so will only use one core. You may fair better at 2048 key, 128bit cipher.

I would highly suggest using a VPN to access your internal network from off prem. As far as I know FreeNAS doesn't have anything built in for remote access. You could set up NextCloud which is literally like your own dropbox. You could also set up OpenVPN - https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/freenas. If you want real speeds, though, such as editing files from a remote location and just having mapped drive access, I suggest setting up the network for it.

Please don't use PPTP. It's terribly insecure. One of many links talking about why.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/pptp-has-become-obsolete/

You can use OpenVPN to create a secured private network that will allow you route traffic to your home's local network. There are quite a number of tutorials for OpenVPN on the Pi.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/raspberry-pi-raspbian

https://spin.atomicobject.com/2019/04/07/openvpn-raspberry-pi/

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/raspberry-pi-vpn/

If you need help with the terminology or have any more questions, feel free to ask.

There are at least three different ways to use a VPN in Linux that I am aware of. 1. Built in client made by your VPN-provider. 2. Using the networkmanager. 3. Using CLI to make use of the standard Openvpn protocol.

Regarding clients it's safe to say that many providers do not include one for Linux and if they do, they usually only make one that works for Ubuntu and a few other "mainstream" distros. Not sure if your provider has one.

using the Networkmanager is fairly simple and straight forward. I use Ovpn.com and they have a guide on how to do it that should work for your provider as well. Only difference being that you will have to use the config files from your provider instead. https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/manjaro.

Using the CLI is a bit more difficult and if this is what you did under Ubuntu then it works quite different under Manjaro because of systemctl.

For Ubuntu the guide for CLI of my provider is the following: https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/ubuntu-cli. In Manjaro you would have to switch the command: "openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/ovpn.conf --daemon" to "systemctl start " and also put the config file in a subdir called "client" under /etc/openvpn/. You can also switch the "start" command to "enable" to make the VPN autostart with the system, similar to the command for Ubuntu.

I have tried both networkmanager and CLI but prefer CLI because it works better.

Full disclosure: I am a Linux noob and only know these commands from reading guides and trial & error so take it for what it's worth.

i got the exact same result you did. i goggled for RPI install instructions for openvpn and got this page:

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https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/raspberry-pi-raspbian

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following the instructions provided, i ran update check on openvpn and it told me the latest version was installed.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ apt-cache policy openvpn openvpn: Installed: 2.4.0-6+deb9u3 Candidate: 2.4.0-6+deb9u3 Version table: *** 2.4.0-6+deb9u3 500 500 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/main armhf Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get install openvpn unzip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done openvpn is already the newest version (2.4.0-6+deb9u3). unzip is already the newest version (6.0-21). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. pi@raspberrypi:~ $

hope this helps!

Well I'm very newbie in Arch, so enable openVPN sound like very hard. And
unfortunately Opera VPN reduce more the internet connection.
wiki.archlinux.org/OpenVPN
ovpn.com/en/guides/manjaro
Is there an easy way to test it?

Ah... well you should have said that. I'd imagine most tutorials would have you setup freenas as a server. That's all I've done personally, so I won't claim to be an expert.

https://www.ovpn.com/en/guides/freenas

I believe step 8 is where you'd put your ovpn file here:

/usr/local/etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf