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This is an interesting read! Like some of the others here I too am trying this. A friend and I founded a VPN provider[0] targeting short term subscriptions (i.e. VPN while at a coffee shop, etc) and later some other novel features as we get further down the road.

I first got an idea for this after publishing my OpenVPN docker image [1][2] which received more attention then I ever imagined. The BackRoad[0] service runs all the VPNs with the exact docker image in the public github repo[2] + CoreOS and all that jazz to make it scale.

I come from a hardware background where starting something is completely different then a web service. I think it's interesting with only minimal risk as you've pointed out.

Thanks for sharing!

[0] http://backroad.io

[1] https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/kylemanna/openvpn/

[2] https://github.com/kylemanna/docker-openvpn




I've been looking on docker too, thanks!




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