badrmoh / make-vpn-work

Make VPN work

Some countries block VPN for whatever reason, and this is a collection of methods to run VPN and overcome this blockage.

Prerequisties

Cloud Instance with SSH access

You can test if one of the methods work using one of the free tier cloud instances avaialble. (preferrably Linux)

On your local linux or mac, add in /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/relay-host.conf:

Host relay-host
    HostName <relay-host-ip-or-hostname>
    User <user>
    IdentityFile <path-to-private-key>

Windows

Kitty / Putty is the preferred client to be used. However the methods can be done using ssh from windows terminal.

Categories

Run vpn client on localhost

Generally, this method doesnt require much setup.

Run vpn client on remote / relay host

This method requires extra steps, but it usually performs better, since VPN packets are not encapsulated in other packets, rather there is no direct connection to VPN server

VPN Protocols

Currently, only openvpn has been tested using these methods to work mostly.