• by Ethan Bennett
• in VPN
• View 54
• Date 08 Aug, 26

If you want the short version: to use a VPN server for remote work, you install a VPN client, load the config your admin gave you, authenticate (ideally with MFA), confirm the tunnel is actually...

• by Ethan Bennett
• in VPN
• View 70
• Date 23 Jul, 26

If you've ever watched a shared VPN IP get you a wall of CAPTCHAs, or lock you out of a corporate dashboard that only trusts a specific address, you already understand the appeal of a dedicated IP...

• by Ethan Bennett
• in VPN
• View 89
• Date 19 Jul, 26

The short version of VPN vs proxy: a VPN encrypts and routes most of your device's traffic through a private tunnel, while a proxy usually forwards traffic for a single app or browser and often...

• by Ethan Bennett
• in VPN
• View 111
• Date 12 Jul, 26

Short answer: WireGuard is the best VPN protocol for most people in 2026. It's fast, modern, well-audited, and easy to deploy on almost anything including a cheap Linux VPS. OpenVPN is still the...

• by Ethan Bennett
• in VPN
• View 139
• Date 06 Jul, 26

If you're trying to pick between IKEv2/IPsec and WireGuard, here's the short version: WireGuard is usually faster, simpler, and a joy to deploy on a VPS. IKEv2/IPsec is the safer pick when you need...

• by Ethan Bennett
• in VPN Security Server
• View 157
• Date 30 Jun, 26

If you've already spun up OpenVPN or WireGuard from a one-line install script, congrats the tunnel works. But a working tunnel isn't a secure server. I've seen plenty of self-hosted VPNs that encrypt....

• by Ethan Bennett
• in VPN
• View 256
• Date 15 Jun, 26

Here's the honest verdict before you read another paragraph: a self-hosted VPN gives you control over the server, the protocol, and the exit endpoint but it doesn't automatically make you more...

• by Ethan Bennett
• in MikroTik VPN
• View 526
• Date 03 May, 26

OpenVPN on MikroTik: what actually works (and what doesn't)Yes, you can run OpenVPN on MikroTik but mostly as a client, and only if the server config plays nice with RouterOS. That's the short...

• by jean lou
• in VPN
• View 1872
• Date 23 Mar, 25

With online privacy and security being the most important things these days, relying on a VPN to protect your data from prying eyes has become important. OpenVPN is one of the world-acclaimed...

• by jean lou
• in VPN
• View 2079
• Date 23 Mar, 25

With the increase in the number of online threats, it has become all the more important to ensure security for Internet connections over OpenVPN, which can be considered a reliable application for...