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With heightening concern regarding the state of internet privacy (fuelled in part by the passing of the Investigatory Powers Act in the UK), I have set up a VPN server on the virtual server I have hosted with Mythic Beasts. This uses strongSwan and certificate-based IKEv2 authentication.

Assumptions:

Debian Jessie server already set up and accessible via debian.example.com, a public IPv4 of 203.0.113.1 and a public IPv6 of 2001:db8::1
Client username of me
Clients are running the latest versions of macOS and iOS (Sierra and 10 respectively at the time of writing)
No need to support any other operating systems (although the setup is easily translated)

For automated deployment of a similar setup, albeit Ubuntu-based and using ansible for deployment, I recommend you take a look at Algo VPN. I used that project as a basis for my configuration.

How to setup a practically free CDN

I've been using [Backblaze][bbz] for a while now as my online backup service. I have used a few others in the past. None were particularly satisfactory until Backblaze came along.

It was - still is - keenly priced at a flat $5 (£4) per month for unlimited backup (I've currently got just under half a terabyte backed-up). It has a fast, reliable client. The company itself is [transparent about their operations][trans] and [generous with their knowledge sharing][blog]. To me, this says they understand their customers well. I've never had reliability problems and everything about the outfit exudes a sense of simple, quick, solid quality. The service has even saved the day on a couple of occasions where I've lost files.

Safe to say, I'm a happy customer. If you're not already using Backblaze, [I highly recommend you do][recommend].

	#!/bin/bash

	NAME=node0

	cat <<EOF > user-data
	#!/bin/bash

	echo "fedora:fedora" \| chpasswd
	yum -y update

	package main

	import (
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httputil"
	"net/url"

	"gopkg.in/gcfg.v1"
	)

	package main

	import (
	"crypto/tls"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"time"

	package pocketbase

	import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"github.com/duke-git/lancet/v2/convertor"
	"github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
	"golang.org/x/sync/singleflight"
	"time"
	)

	package main

	import (
	"bufio"
	"io"
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"time"

	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"

	package main

	import (
	"context"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"os"

	package main

	import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
	)

	// Name of the struct tag used in examples
	const tagName = "validate"

	package main

	import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/satori/go.uuid" //for uuid
	"gopkg.in/validator.v2"
	"reflect"
	"regexp"
	"time"
	)

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How to setup a practically free CDN

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