Hi, i’m looking for a VPN that:
- is easily deployable via a docker-compose
- has an Android App and it doesn’t drain the battery too much
- hides as regular HTTPS traffic so it’s not blockable by Firewalls. (I don’t need strong censorship resistance; it just has to work in offices and hotel WiFis.)
- Bonus: A server like caddy can also accept HTTPS traffic for some regular websites next to the VPN server.
https://github.com/TrustTunnel/TrustTunnel sounds interesting, but the PR for docker compose was closed.
Do you know something else?
You can use stunnel to make your VPN look like HTTPS.
It’s not quite a VPN, but it is very resistant against blocking:
ok, not what i’ve been looking for, but they provide a docker-compose.yaml. Looks simple
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Fewer Letters More Letters HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web HTTPS HTTP over SSL IP Internet Protocol SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network
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I’ve run Wireguard on 443 (on my router) for exactly that purpose and never had a problem, even when my standard WG port was blocked by some businesses. I’ve since had to move to port 587 due to router conflicts and it’s worked fine so far too.
The battery drain on Android is negligible (at least for my uses) and WG is activated by Tasker whenever my home wifi is out of range. From what I can see WG is configurable via Docker compose.
Doesn’t work in China, can be easily blocked by censors
Have you tried [https://github.com/zaneschepke/wgtunnel](WG Tunnel)
I use this WG client and it has options for auto-tunneling
Use xray. I suggest the REALITY + XHTTP setup where you look like another h2 server
You can docker compose your panel for managing your server, get a free subdomain from afraid.org and set up tls on it
I use the v2rayng mobile app since I don’t switch servers much, I only have two
the repos i’ve found do not look very trustworthy. https://github.com/2dust/v2rayNG https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core well its chinese
Wireguard on a VPS and run it through port 443. That should get you through most things that don’t do TLS inspection
So, not resistant to blocking
resistant to blocking?
That’s going to be the sticky wicket right there. It is rather trivial for server admins to know what IPs go with VPNs and not. Wireguard is about the best thing on the planet right now, imho, but it will also get blocked. Occasionally, I will happen on a site that outright blocks me. If I can’t bend the site to my will, I just move on. The information on the blocked site will 9 times out of 10 be found duplicated somewhere else.
One ‘trick’ I’ve found works fairly well is Opera. So, when I go to pay my bills online, my VPN coupled with the way I have Firefox configured, will trigger a block. I can fire up Opera, engage it’s built in VPN, still keep my local VPN connected, and have no problem accessing my bills. It’s not an elegant solution, and some users have preclusions to Opera. However, that generally works for me.
Wireguard is not resistant to blocking, it is plain as day if you’re using wireguard and china had blocked it for years
I sort of said as much. It really doesn’t matter, imho, what you use. As soon as that service becomes abused globally, everyone blocks it, including Tor. Any server using DPI or TLS will spot it a mile away. Now, if you have a fool proof way, than I am very much ready to be educated.
