How VPN protocols work, how networks detect and block VPNs, and how to stay private online. Written and tested by the team behind VPNBaron.
Linux & servers
Starting a VPN on a remote Ubuntu or Linux server freezes your SSH session. Why it happens, how to check before you connect, and the fixes for OpenVPN, WireGuard and stealth VPNs.
· 5 min read
VPN protocols
How VLESS Reality, Hysteria2, WireGuard, IKEv2 and OpenVPN compare, and when the choice of protocol actually matters.
· 4 min read
Linux & servers
Run Hysteria2 and VLESS Reality on Linux, with VPNBaron CLI in one command or with sing-box and a config file you control. Tested on Ubuntu 24.04, configs included.
· 6 min read
VPN protocols
Shadowsocks defined getting through censorship for a decade. How it compares to VLESS Reality in 2026, where it still works, where it burns, and how to switch without changing apps.
· 4 min read
VPN protocols
We ran Trojan for years, moved stealth to VLESS Reality, and brought Trojan back as a legacy option for Clash apps. An honest comparison from a provider that runs both.
· 5 min read
Linux & servers
Run a VPN on an ARM64 cloud server such as Oracle Ampere, AWS Graviton or Hetzner. Install with one command, connect from the terminal, and keep your SSH session up.
· 4 min read
Linux & servers
Three ways to put Ubuntu 24.04 on a VPN, the VPNBaron app, Ubuntu's own Settings with OpenVPN, or the terminal with VPNBaron CLI, and which one to pick.
· 3 min read
Censorship & stealth
How networks detect and block OpenVPN, the fixes worth trying in order, and what to do when no OpenVPN trick gets through.
· 3 min read
Censorship & stealth
DPI in plain language, the escalating ways firewalls detect VPN traffic, from port blocks to TLS fingerprinting and active probing, and what gets through each one.
· 3 min read
Why networks block VPNs, how they detect them, and the protocols that get through anyway.
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How VLESS Reality, Hysteria2, IKEv2 and OpenVPN work, and which one to use where.
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A VPN on Linux desktops and servers, from the app to the command line, on x86 and ARM.
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Baron Pathfinder finds the protocol that works where you are, including the stealth ones that get through when ordinary VPNs are blocked.