[kwlug-disc] Best vpn

Paul Nijjar paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca
Wed Aug 5 21:59:15 EDT 2020


Oh man. That "publicly accessible database" was Elasticsearch, which
has its advantages but can be kind of a tire fire when it comes to
security. 

I hope nobody hacks into our network and discovers our instance, or we
could end up in The Register too.

- Paul


On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 03:08:52PM -0400, Chris Irwin wrote:
> Also using PIA here, via their openvpn scripts. Integrates nicely with the
> systemd openvpn unit (for a headless machine) and NetworkManager (for my
> laptop if I need it)
> 
> I believe they also have wireguard support now as well, though I haven't
> looked into that personally.
> 
> There's a white-label VPN provider that recently got "hacked", by which
> their logs (that they "do not" keep) were kept in an unsecured, publicly
> accessible database. They were marketed under a number of different brands.
> You'll probably want to make sure you don't pick one of thsoe, at least.
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/17/ufo_vpn_database/
> 




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