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Re: Recommendations for a private VPN service


From: xgermx <xgermx () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 14:01:31 -0600

Thanks all. I feel like WiTopia is the best fit based on my criteria and
budget. The ability to switch Gateways on-the-fly and the number/locations
of the Gateways is ideal for my intended use.
http://www.witopia.net/index.php/support/faq/#doyouissueus




On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:52 AM, 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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