WEBVTT 00:00.750 --> 00:07.980 And the previous section we learned what is a VPN, its benefits, and how to connect to it before connecting 00:07.980 --> 00:09.420 to the Tor network. 00:09.750 --> 00:16.560 This was very easy as all we had to do is download the client that's compatible with our operating system. 00:16.890 --> 00:23.010 Most VPN providers offer a Linux client and Thales is a Linux distro. 00:23.310 --> 00:29.880 Unfortunately, though, normal Linux clients will not work with Thales because of the restrictions 00:29.880 --> 00:33.180 that Thales apply on the network connections. 00:33.210 --> 00:38.280 Therefore, connecting to a VPN from Thales can be a bit tricky. 00:38.280 --> 00:44.910 And that's why I want to spend this lecture and the next lecture showing you how to connect to a VPN 00:44.910 --> 00:45.960 from Thales. 00:46.620 --> 00:50.290 Now keep in mind you don't have to use a VPN with Thales. 00:50.310 --> 00:56.610 This is an optional step and there is a big debate whether you should use a VPN or not with Thales, 00:56.610 --> 01:01.170 because as we know, Thales automatically forces all traffic to go through TOR. 01:01.170 --> 01:07.140 So by default it is more anonymous and more private than normal operating systems. 01:07.140 --> 01:14.370 So skip this lecture at the next lecture if you don't want to use a VPN and only watch it if you actually 01:14.370 --> 01:17.160 do want to use a VPN with Thales. 01:17.760 --> 01:20.730 Now just a quick recap as we learned before. 01:20.850 --> 01:26.340 Usually when you access a server or anything on the Internet, you send the request directly to that 01:26.340 --> 01:27.010 server. 01:27.030 --> 01:28.650 When you use a VPN. 01:28.680 --> 01:32.640 You create an encrypted tunnel to the VPN server. 01:32.640 --> 01:38.550 So if you're trying to go to Google.com, only the VPN knows that you're going to Google.com. 01:38.580 --> 01:45.000 The traffic between you and the VPN will be fully encrypted, so it's useless to anybody that intercepts 01:45.000 --> 01:45.320 it. 01:45.330 --> 01:51.120 And then once the VPN gets the request, it will forwarded to the actual server that you need to go 01:51.120 --> 01:53.340 to, for example, google.com. 01:53.820 --> 02:00.120 Now this doesn't have to be google.com, it can be any website or any server or on the internet, or 02:00.120 --> 02:06.210 you can even send that request to the Tor network and access a darknet or a hidden service within the 02:06.210 --> 02:08.160 network or go to the Internet. 02:08.160 --> 02:11.640 After that, again, improving your privacy and anonymity. 02:12.360 --> 02:18.420 Now, because of the way the data is sent in here in an encrypted manner, this adds an extra layer 02:18.420 --> 02:19.470 of encryption. 02:19.470 --> 02:22.620 Therefore, it improves your privacy and anonymity. 02:23.310 --> 02:29.670 If your data gets intercepted by hackers or by your network admin or by your Internet service provider, 02:29.670 --> 02:30.720 it will be gibberish. 02:30.720 --> 02:31.710 It will be useless. 02:31.710 --> 02:37.200 So they won't be able to stop you or prevent you from accessing websites and they won't be able to gather 02:37.200 --> 02:38.550 information about you. 02:38.550 --> 02:43.620 So it'll allow you to bypass censorship, protect you from hackers and so on. 02:44.520 --> 02:49.950 Now, if you want to go over this in more details, please revise my lecture on VPN in the previous 02:49.950 --> 02:50.520 section. 02:50.520 --> 02:52.320 This is just a quick recap. 02:52.500 --> 02:58.770 Like I said in that lecture, we connected to a VPN easily using a client that is made for our operating 02:58.770 --> 02:59.350 system. 02:59.370 --> 03:06.360 The problem that we have now is the fact that we are using Thales because most VPN providers do not 03:06.360 --> 03:07.500 support Thales. 03:08.160 --> 03:15.630 So going back to how Thales work as we know it forces all traffic from our computer to go through the 03:15.630 --> 03:16.630 Tor network. 03:16.650 --> 03:22.680 So if we have a VPN provider, even if we have a proper subscription with them and we try to connect 03:22.680 --> 03:29.040 to them, we won't be able to connect to it because the operating system is forcing all traffic to go 03:29.040 --> 03:30.480 through the Tor network. 03:30.900 --> 03:38.430 Therefore, we need to first configure the firewall entails to redirect all data to the VPN provider 03:38.430 --> 03:41.190 instead of redirecting it to the Tor network. 03:41.250 --> 03:47.670 So we'll configure it to redirect all data through the VPN provider and then from the VPN provider, 03:47.670 --> 03:49.670 data is going to go to the network. 03:49.710 --> 03:56.280 It'll bounce over the three nodes and either access a hidden service within the Tor network or go to 03:56.280 --> 03:57.900 a website on the internet. 03:59.200 --> 04:05.310 Now, if your VPN provider has a Thales client, then you will not need to manually do this. 04:05.320 --> 04:08.110 The client will do everything for you. 04:08.140 --> 04:15.580 The only problem is most VPN providers do not support Thales, so you'll have to do a bit of research 04:15.580 --> 04:17.530 to find the ones that support it. 04:18.250 --> 04:24.970 As you may already know, we actually have our own VPN service, that is VPN, and we support Thales. 04:25.120 --> 04:29.080 So let me show you how the client would work just as an example. 04:29.290 --> 04:34.570 So all they have to do is literally download it from the downloads page in here. 04:34.840 --> 04:39.880 I'll actually include a link to this in the resources in case you want to get more information. 04:40.180 --> 04:46.810 All you will need to do is simply download the client and as you can see, I already have it downloaded 04:46.810 --> 04:49.390 in here in my persistent downloads. 04:49.420 --> 04:56.690 It's called Zte's VPN and I'm just going to run it like so dot forward slash followed by the file name. 04:56.710 --> 04:58.740 It's going to ask me, what do I want to do? 04:58.750 --> 05:00.760 I'm going to say I want to connect. 05:00.910 --> 05:03.970 It will ask me for the username and the password. 05:04.720 --> 05:08.370 Then it will list all the servers available to me. 05:08.380 --> 05:12.550 So all I have to do right now is select the server that I want to connect to. 05:12.580 --> 05:20.140 For example, let's say I wanted to connect to Mexico 189 so I'm just going to type 189 hit enter. 05:20.260 --> 05:25.300 As you can see, it will automatically configure the VPN settings, it will automatically configure 05:25.300 --> 05:26.320 the firewall. 05:26.320 --> 05:31.570 So I'm just going to put my password now the system password, the root password. 05:31.570 --> 05:39.250 And again it will automatically download open VPN if it's not downloaded and it'll connect to the server 05:39.260 --> 05:40.300 that I selected. 05:40.300 --> 05:46.060 So as you can see right here, it's saying that I'm connected to Mexico and that's it. 05:46.060 --> 05:49.900 Now we're ready to go and browse the Internet to confirm this. 05:49.900 --> 05:52.930 I'm going to go and run my Tor browser. 05:54.720 --> 05:58.470 And I'm just going to go to check the tower project dot org. 05:59.650 --> 06:00.400 And perfect. 06:00.400 --> 06:06.370 As you can see, it's still enough that my browser right now is configured to use the Tor browser. 06:06.730 --> 06:13.480 So right now what's happening is we're connecting to the VPN first and then our traffic is routed to 06:13.480 --> 06:14.710 the Tor network. 06:14.710 --> 06:19.990 And then, like I said, we can bounce through three nodes and then go to the internet or stay within 06:19.990 --> 06:23.140 the Tor network and access onion hidden services. 06:24.680 --> 06:29.310 Now going back to the client, you can put number one if you want to connect again. 06:29.330 --> 06:30.960 Number two, to disconnect. 06:30.980 --> 06:33.230 Three, to reset the firewall settings. 06:33.230 --> 06:39.740 So you're directly connected to TOR and you're not using the VPN and four to simply quit the client. 06:40.490 --> 06:42.980 So as you can see, it's very easy. 06:42.980 --> 06:50.750 If your VPN provider supports, tells, if your VPN provider does not support Thales, then you'll have 06:50.750 --> 06:58.310 to manually modify the firewall settings so that it allows you to connect to the VPN and manually use 06:58.310 --> 07:02.150 the VPN settings to connect to the VPN server. 07:02.300 --> 07:08.360 This is a little bit technical and requires a little bit of Linux knowledge, but don't worry about 07:08.360 --> 07:08.660 it. 07:08.660 --> 07:12.500 I will walk you through it step by step in the next lecture.