Thanks to previous jobs, I’ve had an OpenVPN server running at my house for the past decade. It gives me access to my home network while I’m out in the world, and allows me to securely proxy my web traffic over insecure WiFi so it bounces to the Internet from my house. It’s fast enough, …
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Encrypted Tunnel Railroad
I’m super glad that I set up an OpenVPN server in my apartment, especially this weekend. Do you know what national hotel chain offers free WiFi, but that it’s: It’s Comfort Inn. That’s who. And they’re not the only one. First, I hate this. Give me a password with my room key, change it daily, …
Time in a Tunnel
For my phone service I use GoogleFi, which rents T-Mobile’s network in the US. I also use OpenVPN at home so I can tunnel traffic from wherever I happen to be to my house so I can either access internal services or to go outbound to the Internet. That’s all well and good. Or it …