ThundrB1rd wrote:Hi, I'm under heavy government censorship, The widget doesn't work as it should, it disconnects without any warnings and exposes you with your real IP address.
the best thing here is OpenVPN app, I have it on my Android and It's great, because it doesn't expose your IP, it simply disconnects you in case of a problem.
But I can't seem to config it under windows, with CryptoFree config file I get this error: "connection to cryptofree_windows-tcp has failed". Any help will be appreciated.
We don't use wifi much, but were recently startled to learn just how pernicious these blocking systems have become. Tried to VPN out of our local public library which had deployed an almost zero safety open wifi system where you could actually "see" the other patrons on the network (rolling eyes).
Could not connect, no matter what we tried

Tried Cryptostorm's OBFS, and AirVPN's SSL port 443 + many others. It was truly frightening.
Some days later I returned to that library with a Softether client:
https://www.softether.org/It worked instantly. On a hunch, I then tunneled both AirVPN's client and Cryptostorm's through the Softether tunnel. Both connected with the exit port IP of each respective OpenVPN provider.
Really scratching my head over this one. I would have thought that both the AirVPN and the Cryptostorm clients would work. But they didn't.
One caution? Softether has not been vetted to the degree OpenVPN has been checked. May not be safe to rely on it. But for getting to the point where you can use OpenVPN (or even Strongswan IPsec) - seems to work.
There aren't many Softether nodes in NA. I was forced to connect to Japan to get any bandwidth. OpenVPN through Softether was reliable even at that distance (checked it overnight)...but IPsec was finicky. Worked better when a Canadian Softether node was up (Softether nodes drop in and out all the time).
Right now I'm raising hell with my city councilman trying to learn of this "brainiac" who forces taxpayers into unprotected connections....It seems if there is a way to waste funds - gubmint will always find it.
Iran, China, Russia have great firewalls....US libraries? "Me too! Me too!".