**Christopher M0YNG** @M0YNG@mastodon.radio · 2019-09-14T08:09:48Z

Christopher M0YNG @M0YNG@mastodon.radio

Has anyone got any experience setting up strongSwan VPN server on debian?
(openvpn drains my phone battery, and apparently IKEv2 is better)

Any good guides?

(I was going to use #privacy but this is mostly so I can listen to the music on my server when I'm not at home!)

**-_-** @bamfic@hub.spaz.org · Sep 14, 2019, 08:12

**-_-** @bamfic@hub.spaz.org · Sep 14, 2019, 08:12

-_- @bamfic@hub.spaz.org

@M0YNG WireShark is pretty damn good

**Matt MØPUH** @m0puh@mastodon.radio · Sep 14, 2019, 09:12

**Matt MØPUH** @m0puh@mastodon.radio · Sep 14, 2019, 09:12

Matt MØPUH @m0puh@mastodon.radio

@M0YNG it can be a massive pain to configure, especially compared to OpenVPN, but I’ve had a couple of clients use this guide: https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn/blob/master/README.md

Have you considered WireGuard instead? It’s the new and shiny and I’ve heard some good stuff about it.

**Christopher M0YNG** @M0YNG@mastodon.radio · Sep 14, 2019, 09:38

**Christopher M0YNG** @M0YNG@mastodon.radio · Sep 14, 2019, 09:38

Christopher M0YNG @M0YNG@mastodon.radio

@m0puh thanks, I'll have a look into both!

**Sandy MM6LVL** @mm6lvl@mastodon.radio · Sep 16, 2019, 10:34

**Sandy MM6LVL** @mm6lvl@mastodon.radio · Sep 16, 2019, 10:34

Sandy MM6LVL @mm6lvl@mastodon.radio

@m0puh @M0YNG
I've used this a couple of times for setting up OpenVPN, looks like they've added in Wireguard to the mix as well. https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand

**Matt MØPUH** @m0puh@mastodon.radio · Sep 16, 2019, 10:47

**Matt MØPUH** @m0puh@mastodon.radio · Sep 16, 2019, 10:47

Matt MØPUH @m0puh@mastodon.radio

@M0YNG ahh, nice. I've heard of that but not used it. Ansible makes sense!