Meet Algo, the VPN that works
Summary: Trail of Bits introduced Algo, a free self-hosted personal IPSEC VPN server built from Ansible scripts that automates deployment on common cloud providers and requires no client software on most devices. The post argues that paid VPN services are insecure because they share keys and require trusting their operators, and that existing free options like OpenVPN, strongSwan and the S/WAN forks are too complicated to secure.
What's compelling: The post's core claim is that a compromised VPN provider can monitor a whole lot of sensitive data, and that shared endpoints mean your traffic can be analyzed when law enforcement seizes the provider's servers - a stake that lands directly on any security leader whose remote workforce routes through a commercial VPN.
Read the original at Trail of Bits Blog ↗
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