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HOW TO MAKE VPNS EVEN MORE SECURE
From being a niche product used by the few, in the past few years VPN services have hit the big time. These days more and more Internet users see running a privacy enhancing service as a requirement rather than just a luxury. Today we take a look at a few tips and tricks that can enhance the security of any VPN.
While simple to set up and use out of the box, it may comes as a surprise that the security of VPN anonymity services can be improved. Of course, when things run absolutely to plan there’s little to worry about, but there are occasions where there may be a hiccup or where an extra level of security is needed.
SECURING YOUR PRIVACY WHEN YOUR VPN FAILS
Ok, so you’ve purchased your VPN subscription, enabled the service, and you’re enjoying your new found levels of privacy. Then – disaster strikes. While you were away from your machine somehow and for some unknown reason your VPN disconnected and now snoopers have a clear view of your IP address.
To protect against the event of VPN failure/disconnection, disable any internet access that does not tunnel through your VPN service provider,” Andrew from PrivateInternetAccess “This can be achieved using specific Firewall rules (Ubuntu) or by changing TCP/IP routes.
But of course, not everyone wants to spend time with these manual configurations that could potentially cause problems if they’re not done properly.
the creators of two free pieces of software that do the job more easily.
VPNETMON
“VPNetMon continuously watches the IP addresses of your PC. If the IP address of your VPN is not detected anymore, VPNetMon closes specified programs instantly. The program reacts so quickly that a new connection through your real IP will not be established by these applications,”
VPNetMon (Windows) can be downloaded.
VPNCHECK
“VPNCheck helps you to feel safe if your VPN connection breaks, this is done by shutting down your main network connection or programs of your choice and showing a notification box,” Jonathan from Guavi.com “Basically it constantly looks for a change in your VPN network adapter. You can connect to either PPTP or L2TP with VPNCheck.”
VPNCheck (Windows/Linux) can be downloaded
STOP DNS LEAKS
When using a VPN service one might expect that all of the user’s traffic will go through the privacy network, but on rare occasions a phenomenon known as “DNS leakage” might occur. This means that rather than using the DNS servers provided by the VPN operator, it’s possible that the user’s default DNS servers will be used instead or otherwise become visible.
“A DNS leak may happen whenever a DNS query ‘bypasses’ the routing table and gateway pushed by the OpenVPN server. The trigger on Windows systems may be as simple as a slight delay in the answer from the VPN DNS, or the VPN DNS unable to resolve some name,” explains Paolo from AirVPN.
A tool for checking for leaks can be found at DNSLeakTest.com
If you don’t trust your VPN provider 100%, use two VPNs
This way you are tunneling your already encrypted connection through another tunnel.
PAY FOR YOUR VPN WITH UNTRACKABLE CURRENCY.
When anonymity is a factor, pay with an un-trackable currency
ONLY USE VPN PROVIDERS THAT TAKE YOUR PRIVACY SERIOUSLY
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