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0 points77pt7710mo ago0 comments

Obfs4proxy and Shapeshifter are an absolute PITA to install.

Get your own VPS server (VPS in EU/US with 2GB of ram, 40GB of disk space and TBs/month of traffic go for $10 a year, it's that cheap). Never get anything in the UK and even USA is weird. I'd stick with EU.

Install your software (wireguard + obsfuscation or even tailscale with your own DERP server)

Another simpler alternative is just `ssh -D port` and use it as a SOCKS server. It's usually not blocked but very obvious.

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mrb10mo ago

In my experience, in China as of 2016, "ssh -D" vasn't reliable at all, I wrote more details at https://blog.zorinaq.com/my-experience-with-the-great-firewa... (see "idea 1")

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kijin10mo ago

Which countries you need to avoid depends on your threat model. For example, there is need to avoid the USA if all you're trying to do is bypass the Chinese firewall. There might even be a legitimate use case for pretending to have a UK IP address.

Since OP is in Southeast Asia, a VPS in JP or SG will probably hit a decent balance between latency and censorship avoidance.

extraduder_ire10mo ago

Where are you finding a VPS in the EU for $10/year? Any I've seen are about 5-6 times that much.

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