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khc
Page is blank in firefox 60.0b5
Seanld
Page displays undefined two times in my browser (not sure what that would be, most likely Android WebView since I'm on Materialistic).
inetsee
On my browser (Firefox 59.0.1), the page displays "undefined" in a couple of places, then, after a couple of seconds, it displays what appears to be the complete, correct page.
Firerouge
It does however work in Chrome Mobile
atonse
I want something that looks this polished but to be a WireGuard client. :-)
stralatew
Someone has tested it in China and it can get around the Great Firewall.

http://startuplivingchina.com/how-to-outline-vpn-setup-china...

I imagine a multitude of small privately run VPNs will be much harder for the Chinese government to shutdown versus centralized VPN providers.

cromwellian
They don’t just block based on IP, they also do deep packet inspection so if you use say, the OpenVPN protocol without changes, it can be blocked even on a private server.
Jyaif
Sounds very very cool. Possibly the simplest way for us geeks to support democracy. I with there was a FAQ though because I have questions:

-Can I restrict the traffic? (e.g. I don't want illegal downloads coming from my IP)

-How do people discover your VPN? Is there a central repo which lists all Outline VPNs?

stralatew
It is private and permissioned. You deploy the software on a server and create / send access keys to users you know.
jcrben
Dan Guido, the author of AlgoVPN (https://github.com/trailofbits/algo), says this is basically just a copy of it https://mobile.twitter.com/dguido/status/976143448624508928