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You don't trust VPN providers? Setup your own VPN on cloud using Ansible.

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 14:22:00 +0000

Introduction
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As of today, there are thousand or even more VPN providers. These times were we need secure connection when we are connecting from unreliable places like hotel wifi - VPN comes in hand. However there may be many VPN providers but you would be surprised how many have same owner. For example company named Kape Technologies has been purchasing other VPN providers.

How I bypassed UAE's firewall with an iPad & AWS on vacation

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:32:27 +0000

The Story
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Last week I was on my vacation in Dubai (UAE). It was a great vacation. The weather was hot - usually around 35-38 °C. For me (who loves hot weather) it was great. I did enjoy those tropical nights at the hotel. I like to relax and in the evening by watching some movie or favorite show while drinking a cold drink. Since I run plex at home server but I don’t have plex open to the Internet I need a VPN. So if I want to watch movies outside my home network - I need to connect to a home VPN. I was so glad that the hotel had fast but unsecured WiFi. I thought that shouldn’t be a problem. I have my own tools for that! Well… It was. And it was much worse than I thought.

Make own local DNS and learn more about it

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:19:53 +0000

This morning I had a great idea to make my own DNS server. So I started googling and ducking more about the DNS. How does it really work? Working on this took some valuable time and the results were not exactly what I was expecting. That’s why I am making this post so it can help others who would like to go on the same adventure I did. And honestly, there are few things I would like to share with you.