Re: Decent free personal vpn server on the net whose client runs on linux?

From	Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com>
Subject	Re: Decent free personal vpn server on the net whose client runs on linux?
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Date	2014-01-31 12:26 -0600

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:03:13 +0000, Daniel S. wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:33:21 -0600, Marek Novotny wrote:
> 
>> I myself use WiTopia.
> 
> I found the Ubuntu instructions for WiTopia here:
>  https://www.jumpthewall.net/support/setting-up-and-using-your-vpn/
ubuntu-linux/
> 
> What scares me a bit, is the lack of support.
> 
> It seems that the only protocols supported are:
> 1. openVPN(SSL)
> 2. Cisco IPSEC 
> 3. PPTP
> 
> From my limited reading, PPTP is deprecated, so,
> that leaves us with SSL (which isn't all that strong, right?) and then
> IPSEC (which is what we'd want, right?).

It does work with PPTP. I've used that as well, and also with another 
provider called, ProXPN. It's a lower grade encryption and I'm not too 
fond of it myself. I like OpenVPN. If you are using Ubuntu, Mint, 
Slackware or Fedora it is a very simple setup. All through the GUI and 
seriously easy as pie. 

> The only problem with the IPSEC solution is that Cisco is involved. My
> unsubstantiated hunch is that, for a public free personal vpn server,
> any CISCO software would be a bear to set up.

I've not tried it with the Cisco setup myself. 

> It needs to be point and click, just like cyberghost is on Windows. Only
> on Linux.

I've no idea who that is. It's not as easy as it is with Windows or the 
Mac. I have used WiTopia on the Mac. The install app gives you all the 
exit points to choose from. On the Linux client, I have to create the 
ones I want to use one by one. So I tend to ceate about 5 or 6 exit 
points around the world. 

Now using those is just a click away. You can enter into and exit out of 
the VPN end point very easily and through the Network Manager GUI. 

Here is a list of exit points:

USA OpenVPN SSL VPN Gateways

vpn.atlanta.witopia.net (Atlanta, GA)
vpn.austin.witopia.net (Austin, TX)
vpn.chicago.witopia.net (Chicago, IL)
vpn.cincinnati.witopia.net (Cincinnati, OH)
vpn.dallas.witopia.net (Dallas, TX)
vpn.denver.witopia.net (Denver, CO)
vpn.kansascity.witopia.net (Kansas City, MO)
vpn.longbeach.witopia.net (Long Beach, CA)
vpn.losangeles.witopia.net (Los Angeles, CA)
vpn.lasvegas.witopia.net (Las Vegas, NV)
vpn.miami.witopia.net (Miami, FL)
vpn.newyork.witopia.net (New York, NY)
vpn.phoenix.witopia.net {Phoenix, AZ)
vpn.saintlouis.witopia.net (Saint Louis, MO)
vpn.sanfrancisco.witopia.net (San Francisco, CA)
vpn.seattle.witopia.net (Seattle, WA)
vpn.washingtondc.witopia.net (Washington, DC)
vpn.mexicocity.witopia.net (Mexico City, Mexico)

Canada OpenVPN SSL VPN Gateways

vpn.montreal.witopia.net (Montreal, Canada
vpn.toronto.witopia.net (Toronto, Canada)
vpn.vancouver.witopia.net (Vancouver, Canada)
Central/South America OpenVPN SSL VPN Gateways

vpn.buenosaires.witopia.net (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
vpn.panamacity.witopia.net (Panama City, Panama)
vpn.riodejaneiro.witopia.net (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
vpn.saopaulo.witopia.net (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Europe OpenVPN SSL VPN Gateways

vpn.amsterdam.witopia.net (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
vpn.brussels.witopia.net (Brussels, Belgium)
vpn.bucharest.witopia.net (Bucharest, Romania)
vpn.copenhagen.witopia.net (Copenhagen, Denmark)
vpn.dublin.witopia.net (Dublin, Ireland)
vpn.frankfurt.witopia.net (Frankfurt, Germany)
vpn.helsinki.witopia.net (Helsinki, Finland)
vpn.istanbul.witopia.net (Istanbul, Turkey)
vpn.kiev.witopia.net (Kiev, Ukraine)
vpn.lisbon.witopia.net (Lisbon, Portugal)
vpn.london.witopia.net (London, United Kingdom)
vpn.luxembourg.witopia.net (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
vpn.madrid.witopia.net (Madrid, Spain)
vpn.valencia.witopia.net (Valencia, Spain)
vpn.manchester.witopia.net (Manchester, United Kingdom)
vpn.milan.witopia.net (Milan, Italy)
vpn.moscow.witopia.net (Moscow, Russian Federation)
vpn.munich.witopia.net (Munich, Germany)
vpn.oslo.witopia.net (Oslo, Norway)
vpn.paris.witopia.net (Paris, France)
vpn.prague.witopia.net (Prague, Czech Republic)
vpn.riga.witopia.net (Riga, Latvia)
vpn.rome.witopia.net (Rome, Italy)
vpn.stockholm.witopia.net (Stockholm, Sweden)
vpn.vienna.witopia.net (Vienna, Austria)
vpn.vilnius.witopia.net (Vilnius, Lithuania)
vpn.warsaw.witopia.net (Warsaw, Poland)
vpn.zurich.witopia.net (Zurich, Switzerland)

Africa/Middle East OpenVPN SSL VPN Gateways

vpn.cairo.witopia.net (Cairo, Egypt)
vpn.jerusalem.witopia.net (Jerusalem)

Asia OpenVPN SSL VPN Gateways

vpn.bangkok.witopia.net (Bangkok, Thailand)
vpn.hanoi.witopia.net (Hanoi, Vietnam)
vpn.hongkong.witopia.net (Hong Kong, China)
vpn.kualalumpur.witopia.net (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
vpn.newdelhi.witopia.net (New Delhi, India)
vpn.singapore.witopia.net (Singapore, Republic of Singapore)
vpn.tokyo.witopia.net (Tokyo, JP)

Oceania OpenVPN SSL VPN Gateways

vpn.sydney.witopia.net (Sydney, Australia)

-- 
Marek Novotny
A member of the Linux Foundation
http://www.linuxfoundation.org

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