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Proton VPN kills off legacy OpenVPN configs in push for better security

Proton VPN is removing support for old manual OpenVPN configuration files Users must download new configs or switch to WireGuard before February 28 Proton VPN confirms that support for OpenVPN on its ...
Bleeping Computer

Downloading 3rd Party OpenVPN Configs May Be Dangerous. Here's Why.

Call me a cynic, but one thing I have learned from the using the Internet is to double-check, if not triple-check, everything you download. So many downloads have malware, adware, and scripts that ...
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Turn your VPN into a privacy powerhouse with these 5 expert-level tweaks

Stop settling for default settings. These five advanced tips help you take full control of your VPN, optimizing how it ...
PC World

OpenVPN servers can be vulnerable to Shellshock Bash vulnerability

Virtual private network servers based on OpenVPN might be vulnerable to remote code execution attacks through Shellshock and other recent flaws that affect the Bash Unix shell. The OpenVPN attack ...
Linux Journal

Paranoid Penguin - Linux VPNs with OpenVPN, Part III

In my previous two columns, I began a series on building Linux-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions using OpenVPN. When I left off last time, I had gotten as far through the OpenVPN server ...
Linux Journal

Building a Multisourced Infrastructure Using OpenVPN

Have you ever needed to expand your colocated servers at more than one provider and allow applications to communicate as if they were on the same LAN, possibly over multiple sets of firewalls and ...
Threat Post

ProtonVPN, NordVPN Flaws Open Door to Privilege Escalation

The flaws disclosed this month are related to a critical bug previously discovered by VerSprite in April 2018. A pair of vulnerabilities in the ProtonVPN and NordVPN VPN clients have been uncovered, ...