How about always-encrypted traffic that is always authenticated and tracked anyway? The VPN Tunnel does (almost certainly) not provide you the same bandwidth as your native speed is. How important is it for you to run ALL traffic through the VPN Tunnel? Is it worth to not run some dedicated traffic through the VPN? VOIP for example is quite sensitive to latency, and forcing it over a VPN jump could distort the voice quality dramatically. Decide what traffic to run through your VPN tunnel. If you see “our own crypto”, better Ctrl+W that Tab ASAP. Also a lot of providers’ Settings pages or How to’s are like someone googled about VPN and copy-pasted together something from 2003, where MD5 and PSKs were still valid setups. Research the technology and the security they are providingĪre they using up-to-date technology? Forget PPTP, it is just a joke about security. A good thing to look up is where the company’s seat is located in, since for example not so long ago a court in the US ruled that Google has to hand over information that is in its posession, but physically not in the country, so take your time to research these things. Trust is something that has to be earned, but initially you need a basis on which you can start.
Decide which VPN provider you trust! Jurisdiction Having VPN is a nice thing, but it only keeps your ISP out of the loop, ALL the websites tracking you will still keep tracking you, just like they did yesterday without a VPN.
Why do you need a VPN in the first place? Who/what are you going against? Do you need to fake the Country you want to appear in, or is your life depending on it? Remember, the path to your browser does not matter if you have a cookie in your Browser that tells them who you are. Know your threats! Why do you actually need a VPN? This blog entry is a review of my first impressions after a “hackfull” evening, playing around and learning a lot about pfsense as well (Linux as a secure firewall got shaky lately). It might be applied to other firewalls (which give you similar options) as well, but that is not detailed.ĭisclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with ProtonVPN, ProtonMail or pfsense, other than using their services with a paid account. The rough how to is not intended as a step-by-step howto, and I assume you have a little more than basic knowledge of networking, so not all of the steps will be demonstrated with screenshots. If you are concerned about your privacy, and happen to have access to ProtonVPN‘s beta test and are using a pfsense firewall as router, then this might be in your interest.
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