streisand VS wg-ui

https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists.

Unfortunately, that's to the Great Firewall of China, there has been a lot of resources put in to fingerprint VPNs and block them by state actors.

Fortunately, however, there is equally years of some of the smartest minds on the planet working to bypass Chinese censorship, so there are some great OpenVPN alternatives.

I really encourage you to look into something like Shadowsocks which Chinese people have found great success in using over the last several years.

It's quite sad that projects like Streisand[0] were archived, but I'm sure there are other alternatives that might make it just as easy to roll onto a server.

[0] https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

The Streisand Project[0] provided easy installation of well-configured certs, VPNs and various other software on cloud instances. It was great for travelling internationally: run the script and after a few minutes one had a cloud instance and everything one needed to securely access the Internet through one’s own country.

Unfortunately, it was archived in 2021. Is there anything in 2023 which approaches it? I’ve seen Algo[1], but I don’t believe it does as much to help one to avoid packet filtering. It’s also based on Ubuntu rather than Debian, which seems like a mistake with security-conscious server software.

0: https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

1: https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

It basically works like any normal VPN. Setting it up is quite easy, you just need a VPS and setup Streisand by following their guide.

You are better off renting a cloud server and rolling your own, e.g. using Streisand, Algo or my own Edgewalker

I currently use https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand which was extremely simple to set up.

What are the main advantages over Streisand?

For a VPN, I use Streisand (https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand) running on a box in a datacenter in Iceland. I also occasionally use other VPNs. I turn off the VPN on my gaming PC when playing specific games.

Exactly. Even a wireguard LXC container would work. I also installed docker on my wireguard VM so I can run wg-ui to make management easier and generate QR codes to scan when adding devices. https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/wg-ui

I run a lightweight VM just for wireguard with a kernel that has it built in. On the same VM I installed docker and run https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/wg-ui which makes it way easier to create profiles.

The only way I’ve found, is to use a GUI like this: https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/wg-ui. Pi-VPN is another popular option.

https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/wg-ui (1.1k GitHub stars, last updated March 26th)

Wireguard and WG-UI

WG UI

Well, hit me up if you want a VPS installed with WireGuard with maybe some nice web interface like https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/wg-ui

There are web gui ones available like this one. I haven't tried them, so can't vouch for their quality.

I use this to manage my wireguard connections. https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/wg-ui

Thought so, as I was trying to do the same thing as you when I found it. Hope it does the job for you as it does for me. Then after you learn a bit more about docker and docker-compose you can also add this as a dead simple UI for Wireguard https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/wg-ui .