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		beagle3 on Aug 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't Get Pwned on Public WiFi: Use Your Own VPN Much more practical on Linux/OSX: https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle No root/admin privileges required on your "VPN server" - just the ability to ssh. It solves the tcp-over-tcp issue. It just works. It only does TCP (with a specific hack for DNS, but no general UDP or IP). But it works exceptionally well, and just needs an sshable account on the server.

newman314 on Aug 27, 2013 [–]

While possible, using ssh on iOS as a tunnel is a giant pain and it times out after 10mins. PPTP is not an option and there is preciously little info out there about properly setting up roadwarrior IPSec in a relatively easy manner.

btgeekboy on Aug 27, 2013 | [–]

So then why not use OpenVPN?

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