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OpenVPN Will Not Comply with Russian Content Censorship
In late March of 2019, Russia’s Roskomnadzor issued formal notices to ten VPN providers — including OpenVPN — demanding that the providers make changes that would negatively impact users’ security, privacy, and free access to the internet.
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The New Cloudflare VPN: What It Is And Is Not
There's been some talk around the Internet about the recently launched Cloudflare VPN, which claims to be a stronger, more modern VPN – namely because it's built on the WireGuard protocol. It’s true that as an open source project, WireGuard is doing some exciting things. But the way in which it’s being compared to the OpenVPN protocol isn’t quite
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Debunking VPN Myths: VPNs Are Here To Stay
A Forbes author recently published an article stating that VPNs are an antiquated solution for securing organizational data. However, the author based his argument on several opinions that expert analysis reveals are factually inaccurate and undermine the overall argument. The incorrect statements deal with accommodating third parties,
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OpenVPN Quick Poll Remote Workforce Cybersecurity
Remote work offers benefits across the workplace. For employees, it provides greater efficiency and lower stress levels: 82 percent of telecommuters reported less stress and 30 percent said it allowed them to accomplish more work in less time.
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OpenVPN Update Creates Secure Network Connection for Remote Employees
PLEASANTON, CA, Dec. 14th, 2018 - Today, OpenVPN, a leading open source VPN protocol, announced it is updating its access server to provide support for user authentication using secure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This update, known as AS 2.6.1, will give remote users a more secure way to access their employers’ networks.
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OpenVPN Launches Access Server Virtual Appliance for Google Cloud Platform
PLEASANTON, CA — Oct 24th, 2018 — OpenVPN Inc, a leading provider of open source Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN, today announced its virtual appliance, Access Server, is available on Google Cloud Platform. The new appliance gives enterprises access to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution, enabling a secure platform for all device connections
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How the 2016 Election Hack Affects Consumers’ Voting Plans
The United States’ voting infrastructure took a major hit when officials announced in June 2017 that it had been hacked by a foreign government during the 2016 election.
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Advantages of using Google Cloud Identity for authentication of both SaaS applications and VPN access
Use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a great security tool to extend your private network to remote users and locations while at the same time ensuring that only authorized users can access the private network. However, even the best security safeguards will come to naught if the user identities used to authenticate VPN access are not
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OpenVPN and DrayTek team up to help businesses reduce the risk of Cyber Attacks
PLEASANTON, CA, Oct 1st 2018 - By 2020, more than 40 percent of the American workforce will be independent contractors. That’s great for people who enjoy the autonomy of working from anywhere, but bad for businesses that are putting themselves at risk by giving employees and freelancers remote access to sensitive company information without
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OpenVPN Brings Tools for Businesses to Securely and Easily Access Microsoft Cloud Services
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 16, 2017 -- OpenVPN has now made the OpenVPN Access Server solution available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. This allows businesses to deploy high-tech cloud security with just a few clicks, paying only for the specific resources they use.
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