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Hi folks. I'm one of the three guys who runs Cloak (https://www.getcloak.com/).

Cloak is a super simple VPN where both the back-end service and front-end apps are tightly integrated. (We think of it as the "Dropbox of VPNs" in the sense that, like Dropbox, it's so easy to use.)

Basically, it's the VPN service+applications I wanted for myself when I started looking around and couldn't find anything (1) easy enough and (2) non-sketchy. Right now Cloak supports OS X (10.7+) and iOS (6+). We've been around for a while and I know there are a number of happy customers here on HN.

In any case, please let me know if you have any questions, and please do give it a spin. Cheers!

(EDIT for clarity, and because X of Y descriptions are not always loved.)



I see that Cloak uses racoon under the hood for iOS in what I assume to be a roadwarrior config.

Do you mind sharing an appropriately scrubbed config so that I can compare to see what I'm doing wrong in my setup? There seems to be a dearth of viable configs out there and this would be immensely helpful. Thanks in advance.

FWIW, this is what I have so far. http://superuser.com/questions/553193/how-do-i-configure-dd-...


The "Dropbox of VPNs"? What does that even mean?


We think Dropbox is great because it's so easy to use and "just works". We designed Cloak with that thought in mind.


While Dropbox is simple to use, it's hardly the first thing that comes to mind when you make a comparison to Dropbox. I'd change that phrase because it's very confusing.




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