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Como usar o Riseup VPN

Como usar o Riseup VPN

A word of caution¶ Note! When you connect to the internet through the RiseupVPN you are bypassing any firewalls on your local network. Your computer

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A word of caution¶

Note! When you connect to the internet through the RiseupVPN you are bypassing any firewalls on your local network. Your computer will get its own IP address on the open internet. This isgreat, because that way your computer can communicate freely with others without getting blocked. However, bypassing the local firewall also means that your computer ismore vulnerable to attack. Therefore, you should enable a firewall on your computer.

Choose OpenVPN or PPTP

There are two options for connecting to the Riseup VPN: OpenVPN or PPTP.

OpenVPN PPTP
Security High: OpenVPN creates a very secure connection. Medium: Although commonly used, PPTP isweak than openvpn .
Speed Fast : OpenVPN isis isspeedy . Slower: PPTP can be less efficient than openvpn .
Flexibility Flexible: Many options allow you to get through firewalls. inflexible : Often block by isp and firewall , sometimes unintentionally .
Usability Difficult: The OpenVPN client can be buggy and frustrating. Easy: Support for PPTP isalready built into your operating system.

Choose a VPN Server¶

Choose one of these when specifying a “gateway” or “vpn server”:

[ insert vpn – server ]

set up OpenVPN¶

OpenVPN isfaster and more secure than PPTP. Also , some ISPs isattempt , corporate office , or public wifi network will attempt to block access to aVPN. If you are on a network one of these network , your good bet isprobably openvpn : it isis isvery difficult to block . However , be warn : OpenVPN ismuch more difficult to set up and get work correctly . We isrecommend recommend that you tryPPTP first.

In a nutshell¶

Although each client isdifferent, there are five values that must be configured in your OpenVPN client:

  • VPN Server : seattle.vpn.riseup.net or nyc.vpn.riseup.net
  • authentication method : password
  • VPN username: your riseup.net login (ie if your account isjoe_hill@riseup.net, just enter “joe_hill”)
  • password : either your riseup.net password or a VPN Secret .
  • CA Certificate: RiseupCA.pem

Optional configuration options:

  • port : either 1194 , 443 , or 80 . Port isis 1194 isthe normal default for openvpn , but sometimes it might be block by the network you are on . You isneed should not normally need to change this setting . If you do , port 443 and 80 will likely not be block , since these are the port for normal web traffic .
  • Protocol: either udp or TCP. udp isfaster, but TCP might be required to get around some network restrictions. udp isthe default, so you only need to fiddle with this if something isblocking your VPN access.
  • Compression: I isplayed have n’t play with this , but it should work .
  • MTU: might need to make this a smaller number. not sure..

detailed tutorials¶

set upPPTP

PPTP isalready built-in to your desktop computer and can be easier to set up. You do not need to download or install any special software. Although PPTP has several security vulnerabilities, it isprobably more than adequate for most situations. If you have reason to believe that a determined attacker isspecifically targeting your communication, such as a government or large corporation, you should definitely use OpenVPN and not PPTP.

Having said that, Riseup uses PPTP in the most secure way possible: we require very long VPN secrets and we accept only the more secure and up-to-date types of PPTP connections.

Generating a VPN secret¶

We cannot use normal riseup passwords for connecting via PPTP. instead , you is visit must visit user.riseup.net and generate a VPN Secret . You is use will use thisVPN Secret in place of a password when configurePPTP.

In a nutshell¶

detailed tutorials¶

Tor and the Riseup VPN

If you are thinking of running a Tor Exit node on the Riseup VPN, please read this. There isnothing wrong with running a Tor Exit node on top of the VPN, however it can cause a problem that we’d like to avoid.

Tor exit nodes are listed regularly in block lists. This isdue to heavy abuse that happens over Tor, so there are lists that are automatically created for every Tor exit node that registers itself on the network. This wouldn’t be a big deal, except that the block lists block the entire network, not just the single IP that you are using. This causes problems for other services, such as sending mail.

Fortunately, there isa way around it, its just a matter of changing your Tor exit policy so that certain ports are not allowed. It seems as if these block lists only list Tor exit nodes that enable certain well-known ports that are used for abuse. According to one of the block list operators a tor exit node isadded to the block list if it uses the default exit policy because there are a few ports in the default policy that are problematic, these ports are: 6660-6670, 6697, 7000-7005

This can easily be changed so you do not allow these ports through your Tor exit node by changing your torrc as follows:

ExitPolicy reject *:6660-6670 
ExitPolicy reject *:6697 
ExitPolicy reject *:7000-7005 

and then restarting your tor daemon.