1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,380 In the previous section we learned what is a VPN. 2 00:00:04,490 --> 00:00:09,920 Its benefits and how to connect to it before connected to the TOR network. 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:16,940 This was very easy as all we had to do is download the client that's compatible with our operating system. 4 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:23,480 Most VPN providers offer a Linux client and Thales is at an x distro. 5 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:30,230 Unfortunately though normal Linux clients will not work with Thales because of the restrictions that 6 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:33,190 Thales apply on the network connections. 7 00:00:33,380 --> 00:00:40,940 Therefore connecting to a VPN from Thales can be a bit tricky and that's why I want to spend this lecture 8 00:00:41,030 --> 00:00:46,790 and the next lecture showing you how to connect to a VPN from Thales. 9 00:00:46,790 --> 00:00:50,380 Now keep in mind you don't have to use a VPN with tales. 10 00:00:50,390 --> 00:00:55,800 This is an optional step and there is a big debate whether you should use a VPN or not. 11 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:02,390 With Thales because as we know Thales automatically forces all traffic to go through Tor so by default 12 00:01:02,660 --> 00:01:07,050 it is more anonymous and more private than normal operating systems. 13 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:09,670 So skipped this lecture and the next lecture. 14 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:18,230 If you don't want to use a VPN and only watch it if you actually do want to use a VPN with tales now 15 00:01:18,230 --> 00:01:19,410 just a quick recap. 16 00:01:19,430 --> 00:01:20,830 As we learned before. 17 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:26,870 Usually when you access a server or anything on the internet you send the request directly to that server 18 00:01:27,230 --> 00:01:32,780 when you use a VPN you create an encrypted tunnel to the VPN server. 19 00:01:32,780 --> 00:01:38,680 So if you're trying to go to Google dot com only the VPN knows that you're going to Google dot com. 20 00:01:38,780 --> 00:01:45,020 The traffic between you and the VPN will be fully encrypted so it's useless to anybody that intercepts 21 00:01:45,020 --> 00:01:45,370 it. 22 00:01:45,530 --> 00:01:51,540 And then once the VPN gets the request it'll forwarded to the actual server that you need to go to. 23 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,870 For example Google dot com. 24 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:56,130 Now this doesn't have to be Google dot com. 25 00:01:56,150 --> 00:02:02,720 It can be any Web site or any server or on the Internet or you can even send that request to the terror 26 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:09,050 network and access a darknet or a hidden service within the network or go to the Internet after that. 27 00:02:09,050 --> 00:02:16,220 Again improving your privacy and anonymity now because of the way the data is sent in here in an encrypted 28 00:02:16,220 --> 00:02:17,000 manner. 29 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:23,040 This adds an extra layer of encryption therefore it improves your privacy and anonymity. 30 00:02:23,420 --> 00:02:29,480 If your data gets intercepted by hackers or by your network admin or by your Internet service provider 31 00:02:29,670 --> 00:02:30,760 it will be gibberish. 32 00:02:30,770 --> 00:02:36,320 It'll be useless so they won't be able to stop you or prevent you from in Web sites and they won't be 33 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:42,380 able to gather information about you so it'll allow you to bypass censorship protect you from hackers 34 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,670 and so on. 35 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:50,620 Now if you want to go over this in more details please revise my lecture on VPN in the previous section. 36 00:02:50,630 --> 00:02:52,640 This is just a quick recap. 37 00:02:52,670 --> 00:02:58,760 Like I said in that lecture we connected to a VPN easily using a client that is made for our operating 38 00:02:58,760 --> 00:02:59,500 system. 39 00:02:59,510 --> 00:03:06,350 The problem that we have now is the fact that we are using Thales because most VPN providers do not 40 00:03:06,350 --> 00:03:14,960 support Thales so going back to how tales work as we know it forces all traffic from our computer to 41 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,870 go through the Tor network. 42 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,820 So if we have a VPN provider even if we have a proper subscription with them and we try to connect to 43 00:03:22,820 --> 00:03:29,360 them we won't be able to connect to it because the operating system is forcing all traffic to go through 44 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,000 the Tor network. 45 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:38,900 Therefore we need to first configure the firewall entails to redirect all data to the VPN Provider instead 46 00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:45,260 of redirecting it to the to our network so we'll configure it to redirect all data through the VPN provider 47 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:51,110 and then from the VPN provider that has going to go to the turn network it'll bounce over the three 48 00:03:51,110 --> 00:03:59,090 nodes and either access ahead in service within the third network or go to a website on the Internet. 49 00:03:59,370 --> 00:04:05,340 Now if your VPN provider has a tells client then you will not need to manually do this. 50 00:04:05,460 --> 00:04:08,370 The client will do everything for you. 51 00:04:08,370 --> 00:04:15,570 The only problem is most VPN providers do not support Thales so you'll have to do a bit of research 52 00:04:15,570 --> 00:04:18,340 to find the ones that supported. 53 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:25,240 As you may already know we actually have our own VPN service that as VPN and we support Thales. 54 00:04:25,260 --> 00:04:29,440 So let me show you how the client would work just as an example. 55 00:04:29,550 --> 00:04:34,870 So all they have to do is literally downloaded from the downloads page in here. 56 00:04:34,890 --> 00:04:40,350 I'll actually include a link to this in their resources in case you want to get more information. 57 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:46,830 All you will need to do is simply download the client and as you can see I already have it downloaded 58 00:04:46,830 --> 00:04:49,590 in here in my persistent downloads. 59 00:04:49,590 --> 00:04:56,860 It's called as VPN and I'm just gonna run it like so do it forward slash followed by the file name. 60 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,800 It's gonna ask me what do I want to do. 61 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:04,890 I'm gonna say I want to Kinect it will ask me for the user name and password. 62 00:05:04,890 --> 00:05:08,420 Then it'll list all the servers available to me. 63 00:05:08,580 --> 00:05:12,810 So all I have to do right now is select the server that I want to connect to. 64 00:05:12,810 --> 00:05:20,400 For example let's say I wanted to connect to Mexico 1 8 9 so I'm just going to type 1 8 9 and enter. 65 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,810 As you can see it will automatically configure the VPN settings. 66 00:05:23,860 --> 00:05:30,420 It'll automatically configure the firewall so I'm just gonna put my password now the system password 67 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:37,560 the root password and again it'll automatically download Open VPN if it's not downloaded and it will 68 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,440 connect to the server that I selected. 69 00:05:40,470 --> 00:05:46,110 So as you can see right here it seems that I'm connected to Mexico and that's it. 70 00:05:46,110 --> 00:05:50,040 Now we're ready to go and browse the internet to confirm this. 71 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,790 I'm gonna go and run my tor browser. 72 00:05:54,760 --> 00:06:02,090 And I'm just gonna go to check the Tor Project dot org and perfect as you can see it's still an that 73 00:06:02,090 --> 00:06:06,890 my browser right now is configured to use data or browser. 74 00:06:06,890 --> 00:06:13,460 So right now what's happening is we're connecting to the VPN first and then our traffic is routed to 75 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:19,370 the TOR network and then like I said we can bounce through three nodes and then go to the Internet or 76 00:06:19,370 --> 00:06:26,400 stay within the Tor network and access onion hidden services now going back to the client. 77 00:06:26,430 --> 00:06:29,400 You can put number one if you want a connect again. 78 00:06:29,430 --> 00:06:33,240 Number two to disconnect three to reset the firewall settings. 79 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:40,710 So you're directly connected to Tor and you're not using the VPN and forth to simply quit the client. 80 00:06:40,710 --> 00:06:43,050 So as you can see it's very easy. 81 00:06:43,140 --> 00:06:50,550 If you're a VPN Provider supports tales if you're a VPN provider does not support Thales then you'll 82 00:06:50,550 --> 00:06:57,870 have to manually modify the firewall settings so that it allows you to connect to the VPN and manually 83 00:06:57,870 --> 00:07:02,460 use the VPN settings to connect to the VPN server. 84 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:08,770 This is a little bit technical and requires a little bit of Linux knowledge but don't worry about it. 85 00:07:08,790 --> 00:07:12,330 I will walk you through it step by step and the next lecture.