VPN with tails?

Hey guys. No large purchases, but previously I mainly accessed sites using a windows VPN app and then connecting to TOR... I've learned how to set up tails and persistence with an electrum wallet, but I haven't really figured out if/how I need to try and use my VPN service. Any help is appreciated.


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[1 Points] ziz1:

Unfortunately Tails does not currently support VPNs:

https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/vpn_support/

An easy way to use a VPN with Tails is to purchase a dedicated VPN router and put the Tails machine behind it:

http://www.flashrouters.com/


At a minimum, Tails users should pick a Tor relay to use as a bridge and then stick with that bridge whenever they use Tails. Since by default, Tails is amnesiac, it can't remember what guard it used the last time it booted and will therefore cycle through all of the guard relays, using a different one each time you boot. This cycling will eventually end up with you randomly picking a guard node and HSDir node (or exit node) run by the same bad guys (FBI / CERT). If that happens, they can link your access to the hidden service with your home IP address. If you pick a relay that you think you can trust from the public relay list and always enter that when booting Tails, it should prevent this problem. If you pick poorly, hopefully the VPN will save you.

Pick a relay from here to use as a bridge:

https://torstatus.blutmagie.de/

How to enter a bridge relay:

https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges

The Tails bridge documentation:

https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/startup_options/bridge_mode/index.en.html


The Tails developers are working on a way to persist the guard nodes:

https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/persistent_Tor_state/


[1 Points] theevoinsider:

Only way to pair up a vpn and tails is to have the vpn running on your base OS and tails as a virtual machine