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0 pointscodexon12y ago0 comments

Setup your own VPN.

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Run squid on a VPS outside of China and use ssh port forwarding to access it. In my experience this works better than VPNs while in China, since the latter somewhat recently began to be targeted by the GFW.

AnthonyMouse12y ago

This is the obvious answer for people with the technical skill to maintain a VPN server but what about everybody else?

nknighthb12y ago

Really, we've all been spoiled by credit cards. Checks, money orders, wire transfers, and even cash, all still work.

And while I'm not aware of a properly turn-key solution for a VPN server, it should hardly be an epic undertaking to create one. Setting up a Linode account and running a StackScript is simple enough even for mostly-clueless people.

icebraining12y ago

Using sshuttle[1] you don't even need to setup a VPN, just get a VPS and run a simple command on your client machine to connect.

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

_b8r012y ago

You could always connect to a Lahana[1] node for emergency situations. It's not as quick as a normal VPN and you shouldn't run a torrent client through it, but it works.

[1] - http://lahana.dreamcats.org/

jaxb12y ago

Pay someone who has the skill?

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