Perfect Forward Secrecy (or just ‘Forward Secrecy’) is a valuable privacy feature that can make your VPN sessions much more secure, and help prevent the decryption of your web history. Wikipedia defines Forward Secrecy as: “…a property of secure communication protocols in which compromise of long-term keys does not compromise past session keys.” What that […]
How VPN Encryption Works
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs for short) use a technique called ‘Encryption’ to make your transmitted data completely unreadable by any person that intercepts it. While the math behind encryption is incredibly complicated, actually using and benefiting from encryption is incredibly simple, thanks to the wide availability and compatibility of VPN software. In this article, you’ll […]
VPN Protocol Comparison: PPTP vs OpenVPN vs L2TP vs SSTP
Most VPN services give you the choice of multiple VPN protocols, but which protocol is the best choice? Each protocol does have it’s own advantages (and drawbacks) so the one you choose will likely depend on a few factors, including: Your intended use for the VPN Whether you’re willing to trade security for speed What […]
Shared vs. Dedicated VPN IP Address
In comparing VPN providers, you may have come across the terms Shared or Dedicated IP address. This article will show teach you: the differences between the the advantages/disadvantages of each and which VPN services offer Shared vs. Dedicated IPs. By and large, most VPN services offer primarily Shared (Dynamic) IP addresses, which tend to offer […]
What is a VPN Kill-Switch?
A Kill-Switch is an extra security feature offered by many VPN providers. It is designed to prevent data from being transmitted insecurely in the event of an accidental VPN disconnect. The prevents both snooping (the intercepting of unencrypted data packets) and IP leaks (data would ordinarily originate from your true IP address after the VPN […]
What affects VPN Speed (and how to make your VPN faster)
Speed is important. There’s no denying it. And speed is one of the biggest factors you consider when choosing a VPN provider. But what makes one VPN service fast and another one slow? In this article, I’ll walk you through the most important factors of VPN speed, as well as give you tips on how […]
Everything you need to know about DNS Leaks
DNS leaks are one way that identifying information (like your IP address) be accidentally exposed, even while you’re connected to a VPN. We’ll teach you what DNS lookups are, why you need them, and how to prevent DNS Leaks. What does ‘DNS’ Mean? DNS stands for ‘Domain Name Service’. Every time you type a domain […]
What Information do VPN’s Really Log?
The data that VPN providers record has become a popular topic when it comes to choosing the right VPN provider. The truth is that most VPN providers do record at least a small amount of data about connections that happen on their network (it certainly makes sense to do so) but a few newer VPN providers […]
