Zarathustra[H]
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So,
All the current news about the Senate and the FCC reversing its position on privacy, and allowing ISP's to sell user data without user permission, has renewed my long standing interest in VPN's, but it is a confusing topic, and I'd love some input from those of you who know more about it.
My desire would be to set up a VPN service connected to my pfSense router such that all local clients automatically benefit from the service, but several key questions still remain:
1.) What services are recommended? PureVPN seems to get the best reviews for speed, but the fact that they are a Hong Kong company falling under the jurisdiction of China has me a bit concerned. Protections for privacy and personal data are even worse there than they are here.
2.) How much can I expect these services to impact my bandwidth and latencies? If I go the router route, are there ways to bypass the VPN for specific tasks - like gaming - where latency is key, but no sensitive personal data is being transferred? How might I set this up? Can I use firewall/NAT rules to tell OpenVPN to ignore traffic on certain ports and just pass it through?
3.) I currently run pfSense. I know it is OpenVPN compatible, and can take advantage of AES-NI, but I also know it has a very weak CPU, and I'd almost certainly need to upgrade in order to max out my bandwidth over VPN. Are there any thoughts as to what it would take - CPU wise - to be able to max out 150Mbit up and down at the same time?
4.) I currently use NO-IP for dynamic DNS purposes in order to reach my server when I am out of the house. It is fairly cheap. Will this still work through a VPN? If not, is it better to just purchase an additional dedicated static IP through the VPN service?
I appreciate any light anyone with more knowledge on this subject than I have can shed on it.
All the current news about the Senate and the FCC reversing its position on privacy, and allowing ISP's to sell user data without user permission, has renewed my long standing interest in VPN's, but it is a confusing topic, and I'd love some input from those of you who know more about it.
My desire would be to set up a VPN service connected to my pfSense router such that all local clients automatically benefit from the service, but several key questions still remain:
1.) What services are recommended? PureVPN seems to get the best reviews for speed, but the fact that they are a Hong Kong company falling under the jurisdiction of China has me a bit concerned. Protections for privacy and personal data are even worse there than they are here.
2.) How much can I expect these services to impact my bandwidth and latencies? If I go the router route, are there ways to bypass the VPN for specific tasks - like gaming - where latency is key, but no sensitive personal data is being transferred? How might I set this up? Can I use firewall/NAT rules to tell OpenVPN to ignore traffic on certain ports and just pass it through?
3.) I currently run pfSense. I know it is OpenVPN compatible, and can take advantage of AES-NI, but I also know it has a very weak CPU, and I'd almost certainly need to upgrade in order to max out my bandwidth over VPN. Are there any thoughts as to what it would take - CPU wise - to be able to max out 150Mbit up and down at the same time?
4.) I currently use NO-IP for dynamic DNS purposes in order to reach my server when I am out of the house. It is fairly cheap. Will this still work through a VPN? If not, is it better to just purchase an additional dedicated static IP through the VPN service?
I appreciate any light anyone with more knowledge on this subject than I have can shed on it.
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