[rando444]

You shouldn't ever assume malice, especially when there is none. My sentence is a suggestion that you should try to understand what a VPN is and what it is not because you don't seem to fully grasp the concept. Lack of knowledge is nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone is not an expert in every subject.

What makes a VPN has nothing to do with "shortlived logs", subpoenas, thwarting geolocation, or security researchers.

A VPN is simply a private network stretched over the internet. In fact that private network might not even be routable back out to the internet, the network could be purely an internal network.

A VPN connection to your home network is most certainly a VPN, and your assertion to the person that you were responding to telling him that what he is doing is not a VPN is incorrect.

Also, if you prefer intelligent discourse, you might want to refrain from such judgmental language.

[goldenkey]

This whole thread is asking for remote VPNs, not home software or setups. So I fail to see the relevance and your implication to correct my relevant comment in such a dissonant way. Minor correction OK. But to imply I need to look up what a VPN is, is silly.

[rando444]

I'll refer you to the headline:

Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?

First, all VPNs are remote. It doesn't matter if you are connecting to something you set up yourself or something hosted in a 3rd party facility.

You're seemingly implying some differentiation to the original question that exists only in your mind.

The parent responded to the asked question with what he uses.

You told him this was "not a VPN", which is just simply not true, and I was trying to be helpful by pointing out that you might need to get a better idea of what a VPN is before you go around telling people what is and what is not a VPN.

[goldenkey]

Clearly we just interpreted the semantics differently. I believe he would have asked "What VPN software do you use" if he wanted anything other than a remote VPN service for proxy uses.

SSHing to a DO box, really has none of the attributes you would purchase a remote VPN subscription for. That's what I meant.

Anyhow, we're on the same page. OP never replied so there's not going to be an answer for what he actually meant. Again, I strongly think he would have included the word software if he wasn't looking for a remote VPN service for proxy-like purposes.