OpenVPN
Reddit take
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Pros
- OpenVPN has the tap mode which is bridged.
- As an example, you can run OpenVPN over TCP, and run that through proxy solutions that disguise/obfuscate traffic.
- use your OS's generic VPN client (usually OpenVPN), or a protocol project's generic VPN client (OpenVPN, Wireguard, strongSwan), instead of VPN company's VPN client app or extension.
- VPN: Tailscale, WireGuard, OpenVPN
- Run something like WireGuard or OpenVPN on the edge machine that has the public IP, lock it down with a firewall, and only allow VPN traffic in.
Cons
- Tailscale can do it if you don't want to setup openvpn or wireguard.
- If your provider does not offer this, you usually need to install open-source firmware such as OpenWRT and configure WireGuard or OpenVPN manually.
- You should selfhost your own VPN (on VPS or home) but don't use common protocols like wireguard or OpenVPN.
- The second lives on my QNAP NAS (purple outline) as a backup, which runs OpnVPN.
- Openvpn is limited by hardware /protocol and single threaded nature unless you took extra steps to make it multi threaded.
Sentiment
21 positive (64%) · 7 mixed (21%) · 5 negative (15%)
Trust + time weighted score: +54% · raw score 48%
What redditors said (10 of 33)
OpenVPN has the tap mode which is bridged.
As an example, you can run OpenVPN over TCP, and run that through proxy solutions that disguise/obfuscate traffic.
use your OS's generic VPN client (usually OpenVPN), or a protocol project's generic VPN client (OpenVPN, Wireguard, strongSwan), instead of VPN company's VPN client app or extension.
Tailscale can do it if you don't want to setup openvpn or wireguard.
VPN: Tailscale, WireGuard, OpenVPN
Run something like WireGuard or OpenVPN on the edge machine that has the public IP, lock it down with a firewall, and only allow VPN traffic in.
If your provider does not offer this, you usually need to install open-source firmware such as OpenWRT and configure WireGuard or OpenVPN manually.
Fine, companies can’t sell me a VPN. I’ll just rent a server and put my own on the internet. I’ll use SSH, wireguard, Tailscale, OpenVPN anything. The world would not run without the ability to remote into another machine.
You should selfhost your own VPN (on VPS or home) but don't use common protocols like wireguard or OpenVPN.
you could use openvpn.net for this. It is a heavy hitter and trusted and priced right. Essentially you would just make a network and connectors for each client and then charge them for those. Traffic will come from OpenVPN's network which is established and trusted.
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