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Ask Slashdot: VPN Service For a Deployed US Navy Ship?
shinjikun34 writes "I am currently stationed on a U.S. Navy ship deployed in a country with restrictive internet policies. We are currently in the process of setting up an entertainment internet connection for the crew to use in their downtime. I suggested (and was thereby tasked with finding) a VPN service that would support 100 to 500 devices, have an end point inside the continental United States, be reasonably priced, and secure/trustworthy. Something that is safe to use for banking and other financial affairs. Ideally, it would be fast enough to support several VoIP calls (Skype, Google Voice, etc) along side online gaming, with possible movie/music streaming. It will need an end point in the U.S. to allow for use of Google Books, Netflix, Hulu, and other services that restrict access based on region. I, in all honesty, have no idea where to begin searching, and I ask the good folks of Slashdot to aid me in my quest. One of the main requirements I was given is that the company has to be trustworthy. And it has to be a company — computer in someone's closet hosting a VPN isn't acceptable to the Navy. What services would Slashdot recommend? (I understand that our connection without a VN probably won't be able to handle the described load, but I would prefer a VN service that offers capacity above our need. That way when T/S'ing the connection, the VPN can be at least partially ruled out.)"
Hey, aren't you supposed to be out there securing us more oil. Or propping up puppet governments? Or killing foreign people that look different from us? We're not paying you guys to fap off to the internet, ya know.
I am currently stationed on a U.S. Navy ship deployed in a country with restrictive internet policies.
Then respect the laws of that country and don't try to bypass their Internet policies.
But the laws of that country also forbid sucking each other's dicks -- what's a bored sailor to do?
Stop messing about with VPN's and get back to the business at hand
Murdering people and stealing their oil
What's really pathetic is that they even allow these "guest" countries to force stupid laws on military personnel stationed in those countries. For instance, female soldiers in Saudi Arabia still have to abide by the local laws there which are restrictive against women. What's the point of sending your military to foreign countries if you're going to follow the laws there, instead of doing things however you want? Do you think the Roman Legionnaires followed local laws they disagreed with in the many lands they conquered? Of course not, they did whatever the fuck they wanted, and anyone who stood against them was slaughtered.
If you respect these other countries and their stupid laws, then you shouldn't be sending your military there to do your dirty work; ask the other country to do it for you. If you have to resort to sending your military out (which is people whose sole job is to kill people on command and use deadly force for political goals), then respecting laws not your own is utterly idiotic.
Anyway, to add to the above, the answer to this is simple: send the Marines (this is a Navy ship, right? Navy ships are supposed to have Marines for attacking towns) in, and have them take over the local internet infrastructure by force, and then do what you want with it. You have a military, use it. If you're not going to use it for what militaries are meant to be used for, then send them home and disband it.