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What are some good providers that support MPPE? But wait, there's more (questions)!
So, I found out that my beloved BuyVM VPS (OpenVZ) does not support MPPE. So, I'm looking for an extra small VPS for use as a VPN (PPTP). The problem is, I need the ppp_mppe kernel module to be installed/supported. From what the BuyVM support told me, I'd need a KVM VPS for this. Are there any affordable 128MB KVMs from reputable providers? I haven't looked for a VPS in over 9 months, so I'm somewhat unfamiliar with the market now. The BuyVM KVM 128MB is $25/year, is there anything cheaper than that? Does Xen support the ppp_mppe module? I'm looking for something in the US, I live in the bottom area of IL so something in Chicago might be my best bet (but honestly, I don't care about location as long as it's in the USA and the provider isn't some kiddie host).
Thanks in advance!
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KVM has a higher overhead than OpenVZ, so it's always going to be higher than what that same provider could charge for OVZ. I strongly recommend Hostigation or SonicVPS.
There is no need for KVM to do this.
PPTP works in OVZ. For a tutorial check here:
http://board.prometeus.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15&sid=8b53996d9fccfc17150c75c9b3997dc6
It is verified working in 50 MB OVZ VM, but only tested in Prometeus machines dunno about other ppl's modules. I heard it is working in Damian's 32 MB, but haven't tested myself.
M
Works on our server and I think should work on others including but not limited to, IPXCore, SecureDragon and BuyVm.
PPTP works fine for me on BuyVM, but I want to enable encryption, which requires MPPE (which the OVZ BuyVMs don't support).
Maybe I'll just try installing OpenVPN instead, I think there's an iOS client for that somewhere.
I am a complete n00b regarding ios, but can't you do something like ssh tunnel ?
M
Um?
You sure we don't have MPPE? I would think it was auto loaded. If not ticket and we'll load it up. It's also possible .18 doesn't work with it properly but was pretty sure it was in our autoload list.
Francisco
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I set that up with iSSH and a proxy in network settings, but it's hackish and only works for a single domain at a time... I suppose I could set up some sort of proxy on my VPS to serve up pages when requests are made to my VPS's IP?
On the other hand, I could also install MobileTerminal and try doing it correctly with SSH (full proxying, no need to change settings for every site), but I'm not sure if it'd work.
Ticket ID #219424.
ppp_mppe 39688 0
It looks to be loaded just fine?
Francisco
Hmm, both "lsmod" and "modprobe ppp_mppe" aren't showing anything. Is there another command that would list/look for loaded modules?
VPN via iOS is a pain. Honestly I point people to the VPN Express app. It just loads up a ready to go VPN profile and you pay next to nothing for decent bandwidth allotments. Cheapest VPN service I've used and I've never had an issue with speed up to 20mbit. I enjoy doing plenty on my own, but that is one area that just isn't worth it in my opinion. I think I paid something like $5 for 10GB, which is a large allotment for a mobile device. Still haven't gone over it in 5 months.
You can't run lsmod on OpenVZ
Francisco
That explains a lot! Still, I see this error in /var/log/messages whenever I try to connect with encryption enabled..
And this on my laptop (running OSX, I'm using it instead of my iPod because I can then be absolutely sure that it's connecting with the correct encryption settings).
Does anyone from the community know what's wrong? I thought it's because of not having kernel support, but according to Francisco, I have it, so I don't know the issue..
Here's the relevant settings on the pptpd server.
# OpenSSL licensed ppp-2.4.1 fork with MPPE only, kernel module mppe.o # {{{ -chap -chapms # Require the peer to authenticate itself using MS-CHAPv2 [Microsoft # Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol, Version 2] authentication. +chapms-v2 # Require MPPE encryption # (note that MPPE requires the use of MSCHAP-V2 during authentication) #mppe-40 # enable either 40-bit or 128-bit, not both mppe-128 mppe required,stateless # }}}I've tried a lot of different configurations on both the client and the server. I can connect every time without any issues if I disable encryption on the client, but if I enable it, it doesn't work.
I'll do some testing in a little bit and see if I can spot what's up
Francisco
@JTR
Who answered your ticket since you got a negative response there?
Who answered your ticket since you got a negative response there?
I'd prefer not to mention him publicly, it was a simple mistake on his part.
It's loaded on the node, but it's possible OVZ 2.6.18 isn't emulating it.
.32 is in the works, just not this very second
Francisco
Likely Anthony, he's the admin replying to a lot of tickets (for me anyway)
But yeah, simple mistake, nothing to fuss over.