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openvpn-install
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angristan / openvpn-install

openvpn-install

Set up your own OpenVPN server on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Arch Linux and more

13Distinct people
14Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
16.2KGitHub stars
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What it is

Set up your own OpenVPN server on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Arch Linux and more

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Where it is used

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year14 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-02-11 16:21:25 UTC to 2024-10-16 11:09:20 UTC.

0123452017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024

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20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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> Death to OpenVPN. > ...nightmares to configure and manage. This opinion seems a bit overdone. OpenVPN is one of the simplest and robust VPN protocols to setup and manage in my experience. If you've had issues with OpenVPN, there are simpler options like Angristan's OpenVPN script [0] on GitHub to get you started. I'm not arguing against WireGuard's use case as it's a nifty tool and viable option. While it's codebase is indeed smaller in size, denigrating a proven tool like OpenVPN or assuming that everyone is incapable of managing it because it's "complex" is both unnecessary and incorrect. [0] https://github.com/Angristan/OpenVPN-install
In MacOS command line version of the WireGuard VPN is now available for testing
I don't know why anyone advocates using a VPN provider when it's so trivial to set up your own VPN now. https://github.com/trailofbits/algo https://github.com/Angristan/OpenVPN-install Either of these options, depending on your preferences (protip: use Algo, unless you're in a place that blocks IPSEC VPNs...It's cheap enough to have both available). This at least covers the basics of what they're talking about being snooped in the post. Then you don't have to worry about trusting the VPN provider (but you do have to worry about trusting your cloud provider). If your threat model is different, you might want to be in a pool of users, but you can use the same service and solve this problem socially...
In Do you need a VPN?

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