Proxy/VPN for when I'm abroad.

[Tomm]

I don't know about the iPhone but the easiest method on a PC is a SSH tunnel with local SOCKS proxy.

[StefanWolves]

I'm sure I can get it on my iPhone. The only problem with this method is that I don't know how to set it up. Which is why I am slightly leaning towards a VPN as I have used them before, but It does come a bit pricey.

[N!ck]

Well with an SSH tunnel it would be as simple as buying a VPS and then connecting to it.

With VPN you say you already know how to connect to that which is fine. You can create your own VPN server if you buy a VPS but setting up your own VPN server side can be more tricky and I've never tried it so I don't know how to do it.

Is using it on the iPhone absolutely necessary (there maybe a way to do SOCKS/SSH tunnelling on an iPhone I don't know)? As if it's not, a VPS and SSH tunneling would be both the cheapest and simplest method.

[Recursion]

If you're using OpenVZ which most VPS providers use then you need to get your host to have the tun module loaded on the VPS host machine and the appropriate rights to your container to allow use of TUN/TAP devices. Any respectable host should enable it for your VPS if you request them to do so.

For other solutions that are truly isolated (i.e are not simply a "container" but actually load their own kernel) then you can just do it as you don't need stuff setting up on the host node.

Okay, CentOS running on Xen, how do I do it? XD

[Tomm]

http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-so...ion/howto.html

Or just google for a guide on how to install openvpn server.

[Jordy]

Why not just set up a VPN with the laptop, easy to setup, then create an adhoc network. So the iPhone can connect to the laptop via wifi and share it's connection. Easy.

[Recursion]

http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-so...ion/howto.html

Or just google for a guide on how to install openvpn server.

Thanks, +REP if I can

[StefanWolves]

Why not just set up a VPN with the laptop, easy to setup, then create an adhoc network. So the iPhone can connect to the laptop via wifi and share it's connection. Easy.

Why when I can use a VPN within my iPhone? it has the facilities built in.