Hi all. I have a quick question that I have been researching but need validation in my finding. I have a WiFi box from a school, It is checked out to me. If they see I’m using a VPN they are liable to turn it off. So my question is exactly what the title says. How reliable are the obfuscated servers? Will my isp know I’m using a VPN and should I be worried? Teacher has mentioned in the past about what has been visited off the router before using VPN.
Your school should instead get a proper legal counselling on why blocking VPNs in general nonsense and just ends up in a pointless cat-and-mouse game.
In the meantime, just get yourself a VPS host somewhere and enable SOCKS5 proxy via SSH (ssh -D 8888) Configure your apps/clients to use SOCKS5 proxy on 127.0.0.1 and port 8888. And configure your clients to use Quad9 as a DNS over HTTP (DoH) or similar DNS tricks. And you’re basically done. Now those clients/apps using this “proxy” makes the Internet traffic between you and your SSH server look like just a stream if SSH and https traffic.
For a more advanced setup, you can use this setup with OpenVPN. Then your OpenVPN traffic looks like SSH traffic.
If you’re using a VPN that has a dedicated and concentrated tech stack for obfuscating their traffic then you should be OK. I know that the VPN I have does exactly that.
You should be fine with vpn. Even if the have the worst firewalls like what china has you can use v2ray or ssh connections
I will be doing some research into this. Currently I am on a rooted android. Using express VPN and VPN hotspot to make a hotspot repeater to get that Internet into other devices.
Won’t help if they block ip ranges.
From what I’ve read express VPN does?
Could I set this up on my phone and have it go through my repeater? Router is completely locked down. Can’t get into it
Well, then it’s not VPN itself being the issue either. And there are tons of VPS providers to choose between.
And after all, if your current ISP puts up such limitations in the end … then it’s time to consider alternative ISPs instead.
In this case, it’s probably easier to add your own wifi router behind your current router.
If you only have wifi access (no cable connections at all), then it gets more complicated (but not impossible). You basically have two options:
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A router having 2 different WLAN radios, one which connects to your existing network, and uses tricks and hoops to setup a VPN connection (possibly via SSH) to reach the outside VPN server. The other radio provides a WLAN your devices can access, where all Internet traffic is going via your VPN connection.
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Having two WLAN routers, one which connects to your existing network and the other router doing the VPN/SSH tricks mentioned above, which provides a new WLAN you fully control. In essence, this is basically the same as 1), but using two physical WLAN routers with a cable in between.
And all of these things are just more reasons why ISPs or network owners imposing restrictions on what can be done on their network is mostly moot these days. There are no ways to completely block a network being used for certain things from a technical perspective. There will always be workarounds, and they’re not necessarily that difficult to circumvent.