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Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists.

155 mentions on Hacker News by 114 people: 15 stories, 140 comments · first 2014-07-24 · latest 2025-10-25

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  1. You could always setup your own VPN on a VPS with https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by tmaly · 2017-03-30 · in Ask HN: When do ISPs begin selling your data, and is a VPN all that's needed?
  2. …will be using IPSEC I agree with you, use the ToB setup. Specifically, compare their IKE setups: https://github.com/jlund/streisand/blob/master/playbooks/rol... https://github.com/trailofbits/algo/blob/master/roles/vpn/te... Algo's is much…
    comment by bitexploder · 2017-03-30 · in Ansible playbooks for installing OpenVPN, IPsec, Tor, etc. on popular clouds
  3. …the Playbook is, but this one is nice. As long as they kept their dependencies clean edit: https://github.com/jlund/streisand/blob/master/playbooks/str... Comment out any roles you don't want with a # at the beginning of the line, YAML is…
    comment by bitexploder · 2017-03-30 · in Ansible playbooks for installing OpenVPN, IPsec, Tor, etc. on popular clouds
  4. Since this isn't posted in this thread yet, here it is: https://github.com/jlund/streisand Unless someone can point out why it's not what it's cracked up to be? Seems like a rather easy-to-setup solution, somewhere between straight up…
    comment by pragone · 2017-03-29 · in Disapproval of FCC regulations a significant blow against privacy protection
  5. …little effort. You can launch one on a cheap cloud provider (like DO, if their policy allows). [1] https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by Goopplesoft · 2017-03-29 · in VPNs are not the solution to a policy problem
  6. …L2TP/IPsec, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, a Tor bridge, and WireGuard. https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by thawab · 2017-03-28 · in The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Internet privacy protections
  7. Good ones anyway. Many don't. Even https://github.com/jlund/streisand if set up on ec2 won't warn you that your ipv6 connections probably aren't blackholed.
    comment by Jach · 2017-03-28 · in The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Internet privacy protections
  8. https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by Jach · 2017-03-28 · in The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Internet privacy protections
  9. I use Streisand: https://github.com/jlund/streisand You can choose your provider and location. It includes detailed client side instructions. It is recommended by HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=jlund%2Fstreisand&sort=byPopul...
    comment by js2 · 2017-03-27 · in How to set up a VPN in 10 minutes for free
  10. …tired of dealing with most of the IPs for big VPN services being blocked on a lot of websites. [0]: https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by rbritton · 2017-03-23 · in US Senate votes to undo FCC internet privacy rules
  11. …ansible scripts complete (10-20mins), it shows you an HTML page with client config instructions. https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by thelittleone · 2017-02-16 · in StrongSwan – IPsec VPN for Linux, Android, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Windows
  12. …https://github.com/ttlequals0/autovpn https://github.com/robbintt/popup-openvpn https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by spaceboy · 2017-02-11 · in How to Setup a Secure VPN Server on Raspberry Pi or DigitalOcean
  13. …instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists". Github here: https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by hamckio · 2017-01-23 · in China tightens Great Firewall by declaring unauthorised VPN services illegal
  14. …(open source ansible etc. scripts) that have been features on HN recently (in order of popularity) https://github.com/jlund/streisand (6000+ stars) https://github.com/sovereign/sovereign (6000+ stars) https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install…
    comment by inertial · 2017-01-18 · in Detailed VPN Comparison Chart
  15. …It is pretty much a 'fire and forget' solution that I haven't had to touch in over a year. [0] - https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by cyberferret · 2017-01-09 · in Show HN: Use Ansible to Run a “friends and Family” OpenVPN Server on Digital Ocean
  16. https://github.com/trailofbits/algo and https://github.com/jlund/streisand are also great alternatives.
    comment by AdamGibbins · 2017-01-08 · in How to Setup an OpenVPN Server on Digital Ocean
  17. Try Streisand: https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by subliminalpanda · 2016-12-24 · in Autovpn – Script to Create an OpenVPN Endpoint on AWS
  18. I've been playing with this lately: https://github.com/jlund/streisand It's essentially a set of Ansible scripts that will install a set of VPN daemons on your cloud instance* , such as OpenVPN, Stunnel, OpenConnect, L2TP/IPsec,…
    comment by teknologist · 2016-12-22 · in AWS OpenVPN Endpoint Script
  19. …'streisand' for the past little while - might be worth looking at for inspiration if nothing else. https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by billybofh · 2016-11-25 · in How can I protect myself from government snoopers?
  20. …idea this existed. This is amazing! Here is the GitHub repository if other people are interested: https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by eneveu · 2016-11-24 · in A practical guide to securing macOS
  21. Streisand [ https://github.com/jlund/streisand ] works quite well too.
    comment by subliminalpanda · 2016-10-09 · in Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive blocked in Turkey following leaks
  22. Roll your own! Setting up your own, private VPN can be done quite easily with https://github.com/jlund/streisand and a DigitalOcean account. Costs $5 per month. It doesn't require a whole lot of technical competence either, as the…
    comment by bendiksolheim · 2016-08-18 · in Ask HN: Which VPN would you recommend?
  23. https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by unstatusthequo · 2016-08-02 · in Privacy Tools: Encryption against global mass surveillance
  24. …on a laptop/desktop, using https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts Or you can combine that with https://github.com/jlund/streisand to have a VPN service that happens to adblock (great for mobile). That said... I like that Optimal have made…
    comment by buro9 · 2016-07-29 · in Optimal DNS Ad Blocker
  25. Streisand ( https://github.com/jlund/streisand ) and a cheap Europe-based Digital Ocean box.
    comment by koevet · 2016-06-08 · in Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
  26. …I'd recommend a self-managed VPN solution. One can easily fire one up thanks to Streisand ( https://github.com/jlund/streisand )
    comment by akandiah · 2016-06-06 · in Being privacy-aware in 2016
  27. …team at work challenged me to see if I could bypass their WSA, so would like to give it a try. [1]: https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by 7ewis · 2016-06-03 · in The impossible task of creating a “best VPNs” list
  28. …the entire process that sets up the server with multiple VPN protocols as well as TOR bridges: https://github.com/jlund/streisand Good luck!
    comment by subliminalpanda · 2016-05-16 · in How I got through Docker's censorship
  29. …to ditch Tor from Streisand, see why here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10735529 ). https://github.com/jlund/streisand https://www.tinfoilsecurity.com/vpn/new I would be truly interested if someone developed Ansible scripts that…
    comment by dguido · 2016-03-16 · in VPN Comparison Chart
  30. …setup? I use two Digital Ocean servers in different datacenters in which I have ran this script ( https://github.com/jlund/streisand ). I modified the script ( https://github.com/jlund/streisand/tree/master/playbooks/gro... ) before I ran…
    comment by o_s_m · 2016-02-13 · in Adblock via /etc/hosts
  31. I've been doing this on a Streisand created VPN server : https://github.com/jlund/streisand and use most of the same lists (though I've had to remove a few things from "Someone that cares" and I've also had to add a few things - I target…
    comment by buro9 · 2016-02-12 · in Adblock via /etc/hosts
  32. …of the script was adapted [2] for use in Streisand. 1: https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn 2: https://github.com/jlund/streisand/commit/fea4a9545bfa066db3...
    comment by hwdsl2 · 2016-01-16 · in My Experience With the Great Firewall of China
  33. …The setup process is completely automated, and other connection options are available too. 1: https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by jlund · 2016-01-15 · in My Experience With the Great Firewall of China
  34. https://github.com/jlund/streisand " Streisand sets up a new server running L2TP/IPsec, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, and a Tor bridge. It also generates custom configuration instructions for all of these services. At the…
    comment by buro9 · 2015-11-19 · in Comcast injects JavaScript into webpages to show copyright notices to customers
  35. …was under the impression that projects like Streisand exist because OpenVPN is no cake-walk either. https://github.com/jlund/streisand EDIT: Forgot the link, like a proper idiot.
    comment by 616c · 2015-05-19 · in IPsec Vulnerabilities and Software Security Prediction
  36. …looks exactly like regular SSL sessions (albeit SSL sessions that last for months at a time). https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by desdiv · 2015-03-24 · in How to set up your own free VPN server on AWS
  37. …setup, but I have easily and successfully setup instance on Rackspace and AWS recently. [0]: https://github.com/jlund/streisand
    comment by Joe8Bit · 2015-01-23 · in China Cracks Down on VPN Services After Censorship System ‘Upgrade’
  38. Another approach: https://github.com/jlund/streisand "Streisand sets up a new server running L2TP/IPsec, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, and a Tor bridge. It also generates custom configuration instructions for all of these…
    comment by kgtm · 2015-01-12 · in Be your own VPN provider with OpenBSD
  39. https://github.com/jlund/streisand is a nice and quick way to achieve this.
    comment by Couto · 2014-12-02 · in A Shark on the Network
  40. Streisand ( https://github.com/jlund/streisand ) on Digital Ocean, 5$/Month
    comment by N0RMAN · 2014-10-02 · in Ask HN: Which VPN Providers do you use/can you recommend?