[JonnieCache]

It wouldn't be much harder to run. You can start and stop the instance using the command line tools, so you could easily wrap the whole lot into a script which started the server and brought up the VPN link, then when youre finished take down the link then the server, all in once command.

The API-based management is what makes cloud providers really special.

[sudont]

Hopefully these scripts would eventually evolve into a client management panel, making this as easy to the general populace as Firesheep.

[checker]

Amazon should bundle it together and offer it as a service.

[wmf]

Honestly, there are so many VPN providers that EC2 looks like overkill for this.

[Groxx]

Care to list some decent ones? I'd be interested, but haven't looked for them much.

[msh]

I have used www.tektonic.net since 2004 and have been pleased with their service.

[Groxx]

That appears to be a VPS provider, not a VPN. And it costs more than 0.02$/hour on demand.