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0 pointsculturestate12y ago0 comments

If you're on a Mac, it's nearly plug-and-play — I use a small menubar app called sidestep[1] that automatically tunnels over SSH, but there are also a few (Viscosity comes to mind) that work in a similar fashion with OpenVPN.

There may be similar bits available for Windows, but I haven't looked into it there in some time.

1. https://github.com/chetan51/sidestep

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tcas12y ago

Haven't used sidestep, but sshuttle [1] is a nice command line utility that does the same, just not automatically.

Much easier than setting up a VPN server.

[1] https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle

icebraining12y ago

It's easier (and I'm a fan as well), but setting up an OpenVPN server with pre-shared key is very easy too. It's essentially a matter of apt-getting openvpn and writing a three line config file: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/misce...

culturestateOP12y ago

One of the advantages of using SSH is that it almost always works, even in environments (think China) that actively block detected VPN connections. SSH running on port 443 looks a lot like HTTPS.

IgorPartola12y ago

Beware: http://serverfault.com/questions/337791/if-i-am-using-ssh-fo...

In short, if I can hijack your DNS queries, I can do evil things to you even if I cannot directly MITM your HTTP/HTTPS traffic.

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