[PLUG-TALK] VPN anyone?

[John Jason Jordan]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:44:32 -0800
John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> dijo:

>On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:02:39 -0800 (PST)
>Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> dijo:
>>On Fri, 14 Feb 2020, Rich Shepard wrote:
>>> I've not used a VPN but have thought about doing so from time to
>>> time. If you look at www.openvpn.org you'll see they have a personal
>>> version. Perhaps that fits your needs.
>>
>>I looked a bit further and they have an open source community edition.
>>While you'd need to install it I think it acts as both server and
>>client on your host(s).

>But then the button to download the app for Linux doesn't work. No
>error message, just nothing happens. 'OK,' I'm thinking, 'maybe I have
>to pay first.' So I tried to pay the $6 for the one month service, and
>discovered that the only way to pay it is to authorize PayPal, your
>credit card, or whatever, to automatically send them $6 every month.
>Sorry, they lost me there. I'm not that dumb.

While poking around I found fastestvpn.com. They support Linux by
having you set up openvpn. They have tutorials:

	https://support.fastestvpn.com/tutorials/linux/ubuntu/openvpn

I failed to get it set up. They have 24/7 chat tech people, so I
started by saying I had Xubuntu. I knew I was in trouble when we had
the following conversation:

	Rep: I'm sorry we do not support your OS.
	Me:  But your web site says you support Ubuntu.
	Rep: Yes, but Ubuntu is a different OS.

I tried the tutorials anyway, but got bogged down because their
screenshots were Unity or something and I didn't have any of the
buttons that their GUI had. So maybe the tech dude had a point.

Anyway, he promised to have their tech team e-mail me within 24 hours
with further instructions. We'll see. And with your vastly superior
knowledge of networking maybe you can make sense of it.