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I am thinking about buying a subscription for Private Internet Access (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/) as I want to be able to anonymously use uTorrent, avoid ddos and be anonymous basically. Any idea how to set it up, found this article for ddwrt but not sure what applies (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-support/dd-wrt-openvpn) ?

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I use that. I actually had trouble setting it up cause the config didn't work. But it works now and when I use it works fine :)

 

You basically just have to make your own config from the different bits they give you.

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I use it mainly for testing things or doing stuff that means I need to be able to use different IPs.

  1. Download this.
  2. Open the file for the server you want to connect to.
  3. Delete line 'ca ca.crt' and line 'cel-crl-verify crl.pem'.
  4. Add the following to the bottom: 
    <ca>
    INSERT THE CONTENT FROM ca.crt
    </ca>
  5. Paste the config you've made into the box.
  6. Enter username and password.
  7. Click connect.

End config should look something like this:

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote germany.privateinternetaccess.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
tls-client
remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass
comp-lzo
verb 1
reneg-sec 0

<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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llQlzAzFiIfabACTQn84QLeLOActKhK8hFJy2Gy6
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
</ca>
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I have been a PIA user for almost 2 years now, the servers are stable and I get the ISP speeds through PIA. So 90U-12D. The only thing I have to say is that if you TORRENT use the nl.privateinternetaccess.com and make sure you use the PIA application so you can get the open port for the server you connect to. The NL is the PIA torrent server. So for utorrent make sure you open the settings and change the port to whatever the app tells you. Also make sure you change your DNS to the PIA servers. You can also go to www.dnsleaktest.com to see if you are leaking.

 

 

*****PULLED from PIA******

The dns leak protection feature activates VPN dns leak protection. This ensures that DNS requests are routed through the VPN. This enables the greatest level of privacy and security but may cause connectivity issues in non-standard network configurations.

 

This can be enabled and disabled in the Windows application, while it is enabled by default on our Mac OS X application.

 

We use our own private DNS servers for your DNS queries while on the VPN. After connecting we set your operating system's DNS servers to 209.222.18.222 and 209.222.18.218. When using a DNS Leak testing site you should expect to see your DNS requests originate from the IP of the VPN gateway you are connected to.

 

If you change your DNS servers manually or if for some other reason they are changed this does not necessarily mean your DNS is leaking. Even if you use different DNS servers the queries will still be routed through the VPN connection and will be anonymous.

 

**************

 

Also I would like to make note that a lot of torrent sites are blocking VPN's.

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I use it mainly for testing things or doing stuff that means I need to be able to use different IPs. But if I torrent I use it too :)

  1. Download this.
  2. Open the file for the server you want to connect to.
  3. Delete line 'ca ca.crt' and line 'cel-crl-verify crl.pem'.
  4. Add the following to the bottom: 
    <ca>
    INSERT THE CONTENT FROM ca.crt
    </ca>
  5. Paste the config you've made into the box.
  6. Enter username and password.
  7. Click connect.

 

How on earth do you open the file in Step 2? I've tried dragging and dropping it into a notepad in both Windows and Mac. 

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How on earth do you open the file in Step 2? I've tried dragging and dropping it into a notepad in both Windows and Mac. 

 

First you need to extract it as it is a compressed zip file then you can open the files that are inside it :) You can use something like winrar to do it.

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