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Which VPN Option?
I’m considering ditching my monthly-fee VPN service for my own home-brewed VPN. While I have no doubt there are Internet how-to guides and MPC tutorials, what is the short answer? I have a TP-Link Safestream VPN router collecting dust, or my current router supports easy setup using OpenVPN, so are these two relatively easy viable alternatives? Does a secure VPN require serious hardware, or is there a poor man’s alternative to pay services?
– Ryan Pitts
Your question has given the team an idea, and we’ll be revisiting this subject in greater detail in a future issue. For now, remember that third-party VPN providers offer a different service from a VPN server sitting at home. A home-brewed VPN server is best for allowing you to “dial” into your home network securely when out and about. It creates a secure, encrypted tunnel that extends your local network to specific devices on the road, allowing them
