There seems to be much talk these days of tunneling and Voice-Over-IP(VOIP) most of it for the singular purpose of keeping the communications secure or hidden from the nasty overlords of the Internet. There seems to be two camps in this and two main technologies. Session Bandwidth Optimization and OpenVPN. Both do similar things, but…
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Privacy on your Smartphone a solution for all
I’ve recently written an article on smartphones only to think about a few things. One of the things I thought about was the fact that nobody has created a VPN service that is truly anonymous (as in not keeping logs) for smartphones. (They claim they are, but there is very little truth to that). So,…
OpenVPN clients for Mac and Windows
I’ve keep getting asked the same question over and over. So I thought this warranted a post. Where to get an OpenVPN client for for MacOSX and Windows. OpenVPN Client for windows: http://http://openvpn.se Tunnelblick for MacOSX: http://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/ Hopefully this helps people.
Routing some traffic over a VPN
Sometimes, it helps to route just some traffic over a VPN. It doesn’t make sense to add a lot of latency to your vpn if you don’t need it. So here’s the magic. This only works if you have your own OpenVPN server. (See my post on using Amazon’s free tier to make it happen)….
Using Amazon’s Free Tier to get a free VPN server for a year
I’ve written about personal vpn servers and the great things round strongvpn and other vpn providers to get around the ISP throttling problem of Netflix. I always figured there was a better way to do it. Well, after a bit of thought, I realized that one could easily use Amazon’s free tier (a micro-instance) for…
Using Amazon’s Free Tier to get a free VPN connection for a year.
I know I’ve written about this in the past, but I’ve finally created a guide on how to do this step by step. It’s available for purchase now. This is literally a how-to on getting an OpenVPN server up and running for free for a year. Specify Your Donation: (Min. $5.00) [wp_eStore_buy_now:product_id:11:end]
PFSense Routing all or some traffic through StrongVPN using OpenVPN
After Reading This Posting, consider reading the posting I have up on the Amazon Free Tier VPN Server I have up. Getting VPN Services for a year while being able to control both ends of the tunnel is something that’s really nice. If you sign up using my EC2 Link here below, I’ll give you…
Netflix and ISP Throttling bypassed by VPN [Solved]
After Reading This Posting, consider reading the posting I have up on the Amazon Free Tier VPN Server I have up. Getting VPN Services for a year while being able to control both ends of the tunnel is something that’s really nice. If you sign up using my EC2 Link here below, I’ll give you…