Redness Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I have tried several VPN providers like Express, Ipvanish and as of lately, Surfshark. Would rank surfshark the highest because it has the best quality for a very low price, really impressed with the provider. What do you use? Quote Link to comment
mrbilky Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I tried tunnel bear but speed suffered too much I'm quite happy with ipvanish I like the kill switch feature and price well what is your privacy worth they are all pretty much competitive in that regard I guess it comes down to your network speed, and your budget Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Well, since somebody (not me) approved this first post of Redness, I'll just go ahead and ask. @Redness Are you a spammer for your preferred VPN service? Quote Link to comment
Redness Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 12 hours ago, trurl said: Well, since somebody (not me) approved this first post of Redness, I'll just go ahead and ask. @Redness Are you a spammer for your preferred VPN service? Are new members of these forums always treated as spammers? There was a hot discussion regarding VPNs at my Christmas dinner and that's why I asked a genuine question. I'm interested in other people opinions because I want to use the best price/quality ratio, provider. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I have no need to use commercial VPN services. Quote Link to comment
PSYCHOPATHiO Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) I use a VPN, but I do not trust any commercial or private company. I build my own VPN servers on a VPS & as always if compared to the highly priced low quality commercial providers mine are very fast & reliable. The VPS I'm using has gigabit uplink, 2GB ram & 2 cores for the high price of 2.5 USD a month, while connected though my pfsense I also forward some ports. Edited December 28, 2018 by PSYCHOPATHiO 1 1 Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Redness said: Are new members of these forums always treated as spammers? There was a hot discussion regarding VPNs at my Christmas dinner and that's why I asked a genuine question. I'm interested in other people opinions because I want to use the best price/quality ratio, provider. MAN I KNOW RIGHT! I always want to create new accounts on boards i've never posted on and ask questions that are crazily discussed at holiday parties! It's like the other day, for the second night of Hanukah, me and Ishmael were having some friends over, and some guy was like "if I was going to do 10gbe in my house, I would go fiber, i don't care about the cable expense!" But this other guy was all "MAN, you gotta go copper. It's a little pricey now for the cards, but it's the future!" So after that, I went and created an account on the synology forums and posted: Do you use 10gbe? I have tried several 10gbe hardware providers like Intel, Quanta and as of lately, Mellanox. Would rank Mellanox the highest because it has the best quality for a very low price, really impressed with the provider. What do you use? Totally legit. Welcome to the forums. 1 3 Quote Link to comment
wgstarks Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, 1812 said: MAN I KNOW RIGHT! I always want to create new accounts on boards i've never posted on and ask questions that are crazily discussed at holiday parties! 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Redness said: Are new members of these forums always treated as spammers? There was a hot discussion regarding VPNs at my Christmas dinner and that's why I asked a genuine question. I'm interested in other people opinions because I want to use the best price/quality ratio, provider. What often happens is someone will put up a first post that isn't really about Unraid but might be genuine. And they don't even put any links into that post. Until later after they have been approved. Then they edit it to include links to something they have a commercial interest in. The reason we require approval of first posts is precisely because we get a lot of spammers. We will see ... Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On the other hand, if you are truly interested in Unraid, then welcome! You have definitely come to the right place. We are very helpful, and (mostly) friendly, If you have any questions or problems, don't hesitate to ask. Quote Link to comment
TUMS Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I've been on PIA for about 3 years. It's been fine. Do yourself a favor if you do any torrenting and check out binhex delugevpn docker. Quote Link to comment
repomanz Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 All of my internal network is VPNd 24/7 with exception of a few services (like netflix). I have used windscribe and PIA previously but what I found for my use case is that ProtonVPN is very reliable for 24/7 connectivity and I get full bandwidth (200/20). Quote Link to comment
Redness Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) On 12/28/2018 at 3:30 PM, trurl said: What often happens is someone will put up a first post that isn't really about Unraid but might be genuine. And they don't even put any links into that post. Until later after they have been approved. Then they edit it to include links to something they have a commercial interest in. The reason we require approval of first posts is precisely because we get a lot of spammers. We will see ... Have nothing to link. Just interested in other IT literate people opinion. Doesn't seem that friendly by the older answers. Edited December 31, 2018 by Redness Quote Link to comment
Redness Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) On 12/28/2018 at 3:12 PM, 1812 said: MAN I KNOW RIGHT! I always want to create new accounts on boards i've never posted on and ask questions that are crazily discussed at holiday parties! It's like the other day, for the second night of Hanukah, me and Ishmael were having some friends over, and some guy was like "if I was going to do 10gbe in my house, I would go fiber, i don't care about the cable expense!" But this other guy was all "MAN, you gotta go copper. It's a little pricey now for the cards, but it's the future!" So after that, I went and created an account on the synology forums and posted: Do you use 10gbe? I have tried several 10gbe hardware providers like Intel, Quanta and as of lately, Mellanox. Would rank Mellanox the highest because it has the best quality for a very low price, really impressed with the provider. What do you use? Totally legit. Welcome to the forums. How else am I supposed to post something besides creating an account? I hope your next year's resolution is to become more open-minded and understand that different people have completely different knowledge and opinion which results in distinctive discussions. Happy new year. Edited December 31, 2018 by Redness 1 Quote Link to comment
Redness Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 On 12/28/2018 at 1:34 PM, PSYCHOPATHiO said: I use a VPN, but I do not trust any commercial or private company. I build my own VPN servers on a VPS & as always if compared to the highly priced low quality commercial providers mine are very fast & reliable. The VPS I'm using has gigabit uplink, 2GB ram & 2 cores for the high price of 2.5 USD a month, while connected though my pfsense I also forward some ports. Interesting, will look at this possibility. Thanks for the insight. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Redness said: Have nothing to link. Just interested in other IT literate people opinion. Doesn't seem that friendly by the older answers. How did you come to the decision to post here, in this unraid specific forum? Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 11 hours ago, Redness said: How else am I supposed to post something besides creating an account? I hope your next year's resolution is to become more open-minded and understand that different people have completely different knowledge and opinion which results in distinctive discussions. Happy new year. I hope your new year resolution is to learn to not be so obvious in your sales attempts, and understand that everyone can see through you, and to have the honesty when caught. Merry early Presidents Day. Quote Link to comment
unevent Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/28/2018 at 6:34 AM, PSYCHOPATHiO said: I use a VPN, but I do not trust any commercial or private company. I build my own VPN servers on a VPS & as always if compared to the highly priced low quality commercial providers mine are very fast & reliable. The VPS I'm using has gigabit uplink, 2GB ram & 2 cores for the high price of 2.5 USD a month, while connected though my pfsense I also forward some ports. Curious, I looked into this for a moment. How is the endpoint different than a typical commercial VPN provider when your traffic is no longer encrypted while on their network? Perhaps less of a target for logging/monitoring since it is a commercial VPS vs. VPN provider? Serious questions. Quote Link to comment
PSYCHOPATHiO Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 VPN providers know you are using a VPN & can manipulate your data, log your DNS queries & retain it as long as they wish, as on a VPS you can utilize it as a multifunctional server & one of these services installed is a VPS with the option of hardening the security. In addition you almost never get the full speed your ISP modem is capable of with any reputable VPN provider & the encryption set to a minimal as the higher the encryption the more CPU usage will be. On my server I utilize DNSCrypt in conjunction with Unbound & with unbound you have multiple option of hardening your DNS, that VPN link is connected to my pfSense & here I have all my DNS queries sent over HTTPS (CloudFlare, QuadDNS, OpenDNS), my encryption algo is set to AES-256 there are more options on the pfSense box that will be lengthy to mention. The VPS I use has a (Allow IRC Servers, VPN, Torrents, Free DMCA) policy. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
unevent Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I see, thanks for the info. Is there a reason why not to use the resolver in pfsense and route the queries through the VPN vs. DNS forwarding via https to commercial DNS caching servers? Quote Link to comment
PSYCHOPATHiO Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 hours ago, unevent said: I see, thanks for the info. Is there a reason why not to use the resolver in pfsense and route the queries through the VPN vs. DNS forwarding via https to commercial DNS caching servers? I actually use the resolver 99% of the time , but sometimes I do forward some queries for home lab testing & experimenting. Quote Link to comment
whipdancer Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) On 12/28/2018 at 5:34 AM, PSYCHOPATHiO said: I use a VPN, but I do not trust any commercial or private company. I build my own VPN servers on a VPS & as always if compared to the highly priced low quality commercial providers mine are very fast & reliable. The VPS I'm using has gigabit uplink, 2GB ram & 2 cores for the high price of 2.5 USD a month, while connected though my pfsense I also forward some ports. Trying to clarify for my own understanding... You pay for a virtual private server, and have configured that server (installed appropriate software/services) to serve as your VPN provider. Is this correct? Where are you getting a virtual private server for $2.50 a month? Seriously, I can't find anything remotely close to that price. Edited January 2, 2019 by whipdancer clarification 1 Quote Link to comment
French-Guy Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I'm using NordVPN, and monthly price is ~$2.83 for a 2.5 year plan Quote Link to comment
Redness Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 4:29 PM, jonathanm said: How did you come to the decision to post here, in this unraid specific forum? Google'd tech forums. Unexpected right? Quote Link to comment
Redness Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 12:51 AM, 1812 said: I hope your new year resolution is to learn to not be so obvious in your sales attempts, and understand that everyone can see through you, and to have the honesty when caught. Merry early Presidents Day. Are you serious right now? What did I sell in this specific thread? Oh no, you cought me asking a question, God please forbid this! Quote Link to comment
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