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LDAP Authentication with CloudConnexa
CloudConnexa now brings you the capability to authenticate users through your private LDAP directory. This means you can manage the remote access authentication for your CloudConnexa users with fewer clicks — making it easy to manage users and groups and maintain consistency — and your users can work securely with one less set of credentials.
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Packet Mangling Is Not As Strange As It Sounds
There are probably a few dozen interpretations of what the phrase “packet mangling” may mean to different people. If you haven’t heard of it, it can be difficult to interpret what may sound like a somewhat negative experience — but, rest assured, there is nothing nefarious about this process.
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Introducing Cyber Shield: Built-in Content Filtering for OpenVPN Cloud
PLEASANTON, CALIF. – April 8, 2021 – Robust content filtering is now possible with Cyber Shield, a free add-on of OpenVPN Cloud. The OpenVPN team released Cyber Shield, which provides our OpenVPN-as-a-Service tenants with a powerful way to block access to malicious websites using DNS-based content filtering.
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Smart Routing and Multiple Connectors Now Available with OpenVPN Cloud
Continuing our quest to make OpenVPN Cloud a world-class offering, we have released new features that particularly take the use of Cloud for remote access and secure Internet access to the next level.
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Unlocking Security and Productivity: The Power of a VPN for Your Business
Protecting Your Business: The Importance of Utilizing a VPN Is your company utilizing a VPN — or just hoping you won’t be the next victim of a breach?
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Different Types of Insider Threats and How to Prevent Them
It doesn't take an expert to understand that cybersecurity threats have increased substantially over the years. Whether its DDoS attacks, ransomware, malware, or otherwise – all pose a significant risk to companies both large and small. It’s evident that businesses need to step up in the war on cybercrime before disaster strikes.
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How Cybersecurity has Changed in the Last Decade
The world was a different place in 2010: The global population had only just broached 7 billion (now up to 7.7), we still believed Lance Armstrong was clean, and Game of Thrones hadn’t even premiered on HBO. We looked at the world differently back then, because the lens of our lives were different. Now, ten years later, how have those lenses
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Defending Against the Most Common Wireless Network Attacks
Cybercrime has become a massive problem for businesses in recent years — organizations must take precautions before it’s too late. After all, some of the most well-known companies in the US have become subject to large-scale cyber attacks over the last decade, including the 2013 Target data breach in which hackers exposed a staggering 40 million
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SSL VPN Overview
Most long-distance communication these days happens over the internet. There are countless internet-based messaging apps, email providers, and other methods of communication — but that is only the tip of the iceberg regarding online communication. Any interaction on a website, network, or database is also a form of communication.
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OpenVPN 3 Linux and --auth-user-pass
With OpenVPN 3 Linux, as with most newer releases, the community has improved upon the security. One of the ways this is done is by increasing requirements around user credentials. This increased security has removed a feature used in OpenVPN 2.x clients where the username and password are provided via a credentials file. Due to this security
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