HWhwdsl2·May 6, 2022Submission
Show HN: Build your own IPsec VPN server in less than 10 minutes
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setup-ipsec-vpn
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hwdsl2 / setup-ipsec-vpn
setup-ipsec-vpn
Set up your own IPsec VPN server in just a few minutes, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2. Supports Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS/RHEL, Alpine Linux and Raspberry Pi OS. Includes client config and management scripts.
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Set up your own IPsec VPN server in just a few minutes, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2. Supports Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS/RHEL, Alpine Linux and Raspberry Pi OS. Includes client config and management scripts.
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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24 sourcesShow HN: Build your own IPsec VPN server in less than 10 minutes
2 points · Open discussionOr worse yet, the VPN provider can sell your data.
Build your own VPN https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
In FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]I bought a cheap used HP Proliant ML350p server on ebay for my home rig. 8 cores, 32 GB of memory, and 6X SAS drives in RAID 10.
Run xcp-ng[1] virtualization:
4x VM's running a Kubernetes cluster; three workers and a master.
- Traefik load balancer in the Kubernetes cluster
- Consul in the Kubernetes cluster for Traefik
- GitTea[2] in the Kubernetes cluster
FreeNAS[3] VM
Plex[4] VM
VPN[5] VM
[1] https://xcp-ng.org/
[2] https://gitea.io/en-us/
[3] https://www.freenas.org/
[4] https://www.plex.tv/
[5] https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
In Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?I just roll my own vpn using a vps box from ovh or hetzner using repo
https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn/blob/master/docs/c... ... server setup is simple and client connections are solid ... and nobody has the logs but me
In Show HN: A small bootstrapped independent VPN company in the NetherlandsAny ready to go setup instructions? For IPsec or OpenVPN it's a single bash script, hiding the complexity and the internal mess
e.g. https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
In WireGuard for Windows Pre-Alpha Is AvailableLooks great, but I prefer to use native Cisco IPSec[1] so I don't have to install 3rd party applications. Works out of the box with macOS, iOS, and Android. Non-technical users can follow a tutorial and setup on their devices. It does lack some nice-to-haves such as two-factor authentication though.
[1] https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
In Show HN: VPNHome – 1-click, self-hosted OpenVPN deployment and management appScripts to build your own IPsec VPN server, with IPsec/L2TP
2 points · Open discussionI prefer https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn. Shamless blog post on setting it up on a Raspberry Pi 3 - https://blog.elasticbyte.net/setting-up-a-native-cisco-ipsec...
In Algo: A set of Ansible scripts that simplify the setup of a personal IPSEC VPNI was thinking of switching to L2TP instead. Would there be any downsides?
I tried out this script once and it worked well:
https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
In Important security vulnerabilities in OpenVPNIPsec VPN Server Auto Setup Scripts
10 points · Open discussionYou can easily build your own IPsec VPN server using a one-liner [1], with support for both IPsec/L2TP and Cisco IPsec.
Disclosure: I am the author of this repo.
[1] https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
In Algo – Set up a personal IPSEC VPN in the cloudVPN also does what I want, and I can control it[0]. Client connection works out of the box on Windows, macOS and iOS, no further fiddling.
[0] https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
In VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy ProblemFor people seeking a more secure option:
You can easily build your own IPsec VPN server using a one-liner [1], with support for both IPsec/L2TP and Cisco IPsec.
Disclosure: I am the author of this repo.
[1] https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
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