VPN services

VPN services are offered by several companies. They allow users to protect their privacy and security while using the Internet. Guides to using various service providers on Gentoo are below.

Private Internet Access
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

The following will auto-start openvpn upon boot:


 * 1) Buy a subscription and log in
 * 2) Go to https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-control-panel and locate the "PPTP/L2TP/SOCKS Username and Password"
 * 3) Generate Username/Password if they are not there
 * 4) In the next step, replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with the located or generated ones.
 * 5) Download the privateinternetaccess configurations and certificates.
 * 6) Modify the configuration file and permissions.
 * 7) Start the service and add to default runlevel.
 * 1) Modify the configuration file and permissions.
 * 2) Start the service and add to default runlevel.

If Openvpn doesn't connect you would want to add www.privateinternetaccess.com's DNS servers to your file:
 * 1) Create '/etc/resolv.conf.head' file if it doesn't already exist, edit the file by adding the two DNS servers:


 * 1) Go to www.privateinternetaccess.com's to make sure you entered the correct DNS servers:
 * 2) * Click on 'Client Support Tab' and scroll down to 'DNS leak protection' section
 * 3) Save and Reboot