<div dir="ltr">Hi Mr Hornsby,�<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ruchirablog.com/how-to-setup-fully-secure-squid-proxy-netflix-pandora-hulu/">http://www.ruchirablog.com/how-to-setup-fully-secure-squid-proxy-netflix-pandora-hulu/</a><br>
<div><br></div><div style>Squid does all kinds of stuff, and I used to use it for logging all kinds of outgoing connections when I was paranoid.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Anyway, a couple things to note. ��</div>
<div style>-- You can play video over a VM, whether AWS or Microsoft's Azure. So that gives you a semi-affordable desktop option without VPN. �</div><div style>-- � If you run the Squid proxy on AWS, Azure or the like, you're going to pay by CPU hour and Network transfer also (maybe both the in and out == 2 x per byte). �So that seems like a fun but pricey way to do it.</div>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>StrongVPN sounds great, except it's a predictable workaround and Netflix probably has it at the top of the list of things to block.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Hope your family in S.Korea gets it working. �And when are you coming back to C-Bus?�</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>-Jason Alexander</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Rick Hornsby <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richardjhornsby@gmail.com" target="_blank">richardjhornsby@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have kind of a unique circumstance -- my sister and her military husband recently moved to South Korea for a 2 year assignment.<div>
<br></div><div>The problem is that sites like Amazon and Netflix are refusing to serve them properly (or at all in the case of Netflix) because they have an non-US ip address. �They have a StrongVPN account, but have been having a hard time getting it to work on the Linksys router I gave them with ddwrt and strongVPN configured. �Oddly, the setup worked here in the states. �They said that they tried getting the router VPN working and just never could, but got a single computer configured to log into the VPN.</div>
<div><br></div><div>They're ready to give up, but I had two more ideas. �The first is to purchase one of the pre-built strongvpn routers, along with the support that comes with it. �I've given them every suggestion I could think of to try, so I'm pretty much out of options to help them directly without going over there and messing with it. �This option is kind of expensive.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The other is what if I set up a forward(?) proxy here in the states on my Google Fiber connection? �It would mean configuring each client device individually (ie slingplayer, browsers, etc) which would be a pain, but it might work? �One of the downsides here is that if my IP changes, all of their devices have to be reconfigured.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I understand how to set up haproxy as a reverse proxy for load balancing, but I really don't know much about squid for forward proxying. �Is squid capable of forwarding arbitrary tcp traffic, or does it have to be http? �Is there something better than squid? �Has anyone set anything like this up, or happen to have an example config or a blog post about how they configured it?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I know how to use ssh to act as a SOCKS5 proxy, but that won't work here. �A couple of the devices that they need to connect are iOS, Windows, and things like an AppleTV (Netflix app) -- so obviously a router-level solution would be best.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is there another provider besides StrongVPN who would provide good technical support for a situation like this?</div><div><br></div><div>thanks guys</div></div>
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