Hey, community!
I've recently become interested in Xeovo as a potential solution for bypassing censorship and network blocks. However, I have serious concerns about its long-term viability, especially in the context of escalating measures from regulatory bodies or providers. I'd like to hear the opinions of experienced users or team members—perhaps this will help clear up my doubts.
Here's the problem as I see it:
Blocking domains and websites: If Xeovo attracts the attention of authorities (for example, in countries with strict censorship), its website could be blocked. This isn't the end of the world—services like this often use mirrors or alternative domains. But that's just the beginning.
Blocking proxy subscription sources: Next, they could go after the addresses from which stealth proxy configurations (subscriptions) are downloaded. As I understand it, Xeovo offers alternative domains for this, which sounds like a good workaround. But how scalable is this if the blocks become automated?
Critical scenario: Mass IP address ban: Now, imagine the worst-case scenario—someone (a regulator, a provider, or even a competitor) simply buys a Xeovo subscription, downloads the full list of stealth proxy IPs, and automatically blocks them all through blacklists. This isn't science fiction: such tactics have already been used against VPNs like Psiphon or Lantern in authoritarian regimes. As a result, the service's entire IP pool becomes useless, and users are left without access. For a VPN, this is a fatal blow.
What does the Xeovo team think about this? Are there any plans for innovative solution?
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Perhaps the solution is not to give all users all IP addresses, but only a small portion of them, making such an attack harder to carry out. However, this method has limitations—users will be restricted in terms of locations, and problems may arise if, by chance, none of the IP addresses provided to a user work for them.
Some competitor VPN's don't give every user access to all its bridges. Despite this, they offer unrestricted locations to users, and their service successfully evades restrictions.
Hi,
All are valid points. #1 and #2 can be bypassed with the mirrors and we have different approaches that we can use depending on the severity. Just keeping all the best tricks up the sleeve at the moment.
#3 is more complex and serious, however there are many approaches. We think that the best option would be to have extra servers that are not provided to all users on top of the existing ones. So there will be fewer limitations for the end user.
Either way, all the above problems/challenges can be solved, but at the moment they are not a concern.
Could you tell me if I can set up my VPS server so that it sits between my devices and your server?
Example: my PC in Russia > my VPS rented in a country friendly to Russia > your proxy/VPN server
If so, could you provide instructions on how to set it all up?
We don't have guides for such scenarios at the moment.