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Russia plans to try to block VPN services in 2024 (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Got any suggestions for software?

I run openvpn normally and I've tried shadowsocks but neither have gotten through the vpn blocks I've tested against.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tor. It's free, it works, and there's nobody to sell you out when the cops come knocking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm looking for something self-hosted for secure access to my LAN, not just to reach open internet unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you're just looking for remote access, openvpn on port 443 should (in theory) be indistinguishable from normal https traffic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't Russia able to block traffic from Tor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If they did, I haven't heard about it. China has been trying and failing to block tor for decades though, so I kinda doubt Russia managed to beat them to it overnight.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Both astrill and protonvpn sashayed straight past the great firewall when I visited. There was some free Chinese vpn, greenvpn I think, that worked too, but was slow.