• whatdoiputhere12 [any, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    I’ve heard of VPS, something that could supposedly be used to bypass a vpn ban

    anyone know where I could go or an article that explains how to use a vps? everywhere I look I get more confused (as an example,

    1 vCPU core

    4 GB RAM

    50 GB NVMe disk space

    4 TB bandwidth, why would I need this? What’s it for?)

    • save_vs_death [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      A VPS, a virtual private server is, to put it shortly and simply, someone else’s computer, that they rent out to you. The way you’d be circumventing the VPN ban is that VPNs are specific services that change your apparent location, and they would be targeted by this law. A VPS, that is to say, a small computer in a foreign data centre, would not be hit by it, because most of their use is to setup a website or a web service, or a Minecraft server or so on. So you would be essentially setting up your own private VPN (contact someone tech-savvy) using a service that the state cannot regulate without unduly constraining cloud capital.

    • kleeon [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      4 GB RAM

      50 GB NVMe disk space

      overkill for a VPN server. 1 gig of ram and ~10 gigs of storage is enough

      4 TB bandwidth, why would I need this? What’s it for?)

      VPS provides usually have limits on how much data you’re allowed to download/upload with their server. 4 TB is more than enough for pretty much everything

      I’m not sure how this law is going to work but if they’re being serious about tracking VPNs, they would need to do DPI and traffic filtering like they do in places like China. Common VPN protocols such as WireGuard do not attempt to hide the fact that you’re using a VPN. I would recommend looking into vless protocol that is specifically made for circumventing state censorship by masking as more “legitimate” web traffic (like HTTPS or WebSocket). Google “3xui panel” - it makes things very easy for configuring your own secure VPN server