Re: Recommendations for a private VPN service

[Colin Vallance <crvallance () gmail com>]

I knew I had this laying around somewhere.  I can't personally vouch for any
of these but it's a list to look at :)

http://www.pentestit.com/2010/05/19/list-free-vpn-providers/

Colin Vallance
b0o

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Zate Berg <zate75 () gmail com> wrote:

> Thats not going to be feasible for most people though.  Unless you run
> something from A) Home, B) Work, you aren't really going to have full
> physical control over it and if you do either of those, you compromise
> your anonymity.
>
> I think the closest you can get is a machine only you have root on,
> that you connect to via an encrypted tunnel, that does not log your
> connections and anonymizes your traffic (tor).  Still going to be
> susceptible to snooping on inbound connections to see where they
> originated from and all that jazz.
>
> There really is no cheap way to be securely anonymous and avoid
> detection if the people you are pissing off have access to the
> physical network around your box.
>
> Really comes down to what you want it for.  If it's just a way to stay
> anonymous on the net to protect yourself, I think EC2 / no logging /
> ssh to proxy is just fine.  I use one of those all the time.
>
> Zate
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Dan King <xxsegfaultxx () gmail com> wrote:
> > Completely agree with you carlos. Vps systems can be snooped on without
> your
> > knowledge from the host.
> >
> > Id feel more comportable with a box at a physical location that I control
> > running a tor proxy.
> >
> > On Jan 1, 2011 11:31 AM, "Carlos Perez" <carlos_perez () darkoperator com>
> > wrote:
> > > the way I see it any box outside of your physical control can not be
> > > trusted.
> > > On Jan 1, 2011, at 11:10 AM, Zate Berg wrote:
> > >
> > > > Should they also have a strong policy about letting you violate their
> > > > TOS and not taking action ? :-P
> > > >
> > > > Your best bet if that is a requirement is to do a colo of a small
> > > > server and don't give the colo access.  They are still going to have
> > > > physical access of the system and the "man" could come knocking with a
> > > > court order asking them to turn it over.
> > > >
> > > > Unless you do something out of the US, your system is ALWAYS going to
> > > > be at the mercy of the "man" getting  a court order and accessing your
> > > > info.
> > > >
> > > > I have toyed with the idea of creating a hosted system that logs to
> > > > /dev/null and doesn't keep a single piece of information about who
> > > > logged into the system from where, when.
> > > >
> > > > cloudsigma.com are a pretty good "out of the us" cloud/VPS provider,
> > > > you might try one of their cheaper tiers and setup your own.  If you
> > > > might be engaging in activities that could get you in trouble, i would
> > > > not trust a system built by anyone than yourself so you can be sure
> > > > what it's logging, or not logging, and who has access.
> > > >
> > > > Zate
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:24 PM, xgermx <xgermx () gmail com> wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for all of the input so far. Keep the suggestions coming.
> > > > > <tinfoilhat>
> > > > > Also, the ideal service provider should have a very strong policy
> about
> > > > > not
> > > > > turning over my information if questioned. (rules out Amazon, etc)
> > > > > </tinfoilhat>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Dan King <xxsegfaultxx () gmail com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > If you use TOR as a transparent proxy, the speeds you get are much
> > > > > > better.
> > > > > > The circuits dont get constantly rebuilt.
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TransparentProxy
> > > > > > You could run a TOR node on a VPS and use the VPS as your VPN
> > > > > > concentrator. Then all traffic over the VPN could be then
> anonymized.
> > > > > > I have no experience with any commercial VPN solutions that claim to
> > > > > > mask
> > > > > > your traffic. I'd be a little suspicious of that honestly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Jim Halfpenny
> > > > > > <jim.halfpenny () gmail com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > Depends what your needs are. TOR offers anonymity at the expense of
> > > > > > > speed. SSH tunneling provides point-to-point encryption, as does an
> > > > > > > IPSec VPN e.g. FreeS/WAN. There are anonymiser services that offer
> > > > > > > web
> > > > > > > proxies but don't encrypt your traffic. Your goals affect the
> choice
> > > > > > > of solution best for you.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jim
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 30 December 2010 14:41, xgermx <xgermx () gmail com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Can anyone give a recommendations for a private VPN service?
> > > > > > > > My goal is to remain anonymous online whilst not sacrificing
> > > > > > > > bandwidth.
> > > > > > > > Something like IPREDator, possibly.
> > > > > > > > https://www.ipredator.se/?lang=en
> > > > > > > > Google searches for this have proved futile as most results are
> > > > > > > > spam/seedy
> > > > > > > > companies.
> > > > > > > > TIA
> > > > > > > >
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