Outline VPN
| Initial release | March 20th 2018 |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/Jigsaw-Code/?q=Outline |
| Written in | Java, Objective C, Swift, Typescript, Bash, CSS, HTML |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Cross Platform |
| Available in | English |
| License | Apache2 |
| Website | https://getoutline.org |
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Outline is a free and open-source tool that allows for deploying Shadowsocks servers on multiple cloud providers. The software suite also comes with accompanying client software for multiple platforms. Outline was developed by Jigsaw, a technology incubator created by Google.[3]
An Outline server can be hosted on one's own server or with a cloud services provider from the likes of DigitalOcean, Rackspace, Google Cloud Engine, or Amazon EC2[1]. In the case of an installation on DigitalOcean, it allows installing through a graphical user interface, whereas in other cloud services provider it requires running a command on the command line interface.
Components[edit]
Outline has three main components, as specified in the open source code in Github:[2]
- The Outline Server, that acts as a proxy and relays connections between the client and the sites they want to access. It’s originally based in Shadowsocks, and it offers a REST API for management of the server by the Outline Manager application.
- The Outline Manager is a graphical application used to deploy and manage access to Outline Servers. It’s available on Windows, macOS and Linux.
- The Outline Client connects to the internet via the Outline Server. Outline Clients are available for Windows, Android, Chrome OS, macOS and iOS.
Protocols and Ciphers[edit]
Outline uses the Shadowsocks protocol for communication between the client and server. Traffic is encrypted with the IETF ChaCha20 stream cipher (256-bit key[3]) and authenticated with the IETF Poly1305 authenticator.
Privacy and Security[edit]
Outline is open source, licensed as Apache 2.0, and was audited by Radically Open Security and claims[4] not to log users’ web traffic. The Outline Server uses Watchtower to automatically check and install updates as they are released, without needing manual action.
Outline is not an anonymity tool, and it doesn't provide the same degree of anonymity protections as Tor, which routes traffic through three hops rather than just one and also protects against attacks like browser fingerprinting.
References[edit]
- ↑ Ghoshal, Abhimanyu (2018-03-21). "Alphabet's Outline lets you run your own self-hosted VPN for free". The Next Web. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ↑ "Jigsaw". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ↑ Tung, Liam. "Google parent's free DIY VPN: Alphabet's Outline keeps out web snoops | ZDNet". ZDNet. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ↑ "Outline VPN - Making it safer to break the news". getoutline.org. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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