I've tried free VPN's, waste of time which is no surprise. The paid for VPN which comes bundled with Bitdefender is fine on mobile devices, but it doesn't like my windows machines, it keeps dropping out. This is for security reasons, not for watching Netflix from the States and other such nonsense. Anyone know of a good VPN?
Mullvad was the VPN of choice a year or so ago but others may have come along since, it's always a changing market. Moziila have also released a VPN, don't know how secure it is but they are a trusted brand. https://vpn.mozilla.org/
I use ProtonVPN. It does have a free tier but the paid tiers are much better. Having said that I used the free tier for a couple of months with no real problems until I decided to upgrade to the paid offering.
VPNs can provide a range of benefits for a range of users and will meet varying needs to a greater or lesser extent, but I've being using NordVPN for a few years for work and it works well. There are always discounts if you look around.
I will recommend using an express VPN. I haven't face any issue till now. It has three subscription options; you can choose any bundle from it as per your need.
There are different types of VPN available on the Internet. You can try for 1. HMA 2. ZenMate 3. Hola VPN.
Thank you for the sugestions, appreciate it. I've had second thoughts on the need for another VPN, the one bundled with Bitdefender is rock solid on all my devices running on wifi and data. My main work PC sits on it's own LAN without any wifi or bluetooth for that matter. My main concern is the increasing number of 'script kiddies' out there sniffing, but they can't get at my work PC as it doesn't have wifi, it doesn't sit on a LAN using DHCP, it has the only ip address available on that LAN. Unless someone can see a flaw in my thinking, I don't see the need for a VPN on my wired work PC.
Presumably that's a /32 vLAN? Unusual but possible. What are the firewalling arrangements between that vLAN and the outside world?
I don't know about the 32 thingy, no idea, but it's your fav router a Draytek Vigor and all the firewall settings are maxed out, even better than that after all these years, I've just about got my head around how to work it! The bits I need to understand anyway, bl**dy router could run an entire office block on it's own. Several different LANS and Vlans, all nicely configured with hidden ssid and isolation on the network for key devices, then a completely separate 'toys' network for TV boxes, DLNA music server and casting from a spare mobile that doesn't leave the house. Look at me go!!!!!
Proton VPN and Mullvad are the best privacy wise. Others may vary but those 2 are the most trusted. Proton has a free plan (with no p2p) while mullvad is a flat 5 euros a month
We are an enterprise networks and cyber security specialist with numerous Cisco accreditations, so hopefully reasonably well-placed to assist. It seems like you have already drawn the correct conclusion that your initial requirement (security) isn't necessarily the primary use case for a personal VPN service. Personal VPN services will of course encrypt your data from endpoint to the point the data is ready to break out to the public internet, which is useful when working from an unsecured network. However, in that regard they serve no greater utility than a VPN back to your own LAN. Either can certainly help to thwart MITM/SSL compromise attacks. However the primary use case for a personal VPN in your own LAN would be anonymisation of traffic delivery to another location. As security is the main objective, it helps to appreciate what the main attack vectors actually are for users and endpoints. Sniffing of internet traffic is way down the list. More than 90% of cyber attacks start with a phishing attack, so from a business standpoint an email security layer (or two) offers far more utility than personal VPN. For larger organisations, it makes sense to supplement gateway and AI email protections with user-centric efforts e.g. phishing training. They're targeting your users, after all. Likewise, more than 80% of cyber attacks use DNS at some point of the kill chain. Simply using a third party private VPN service for your traffic and DNS resolution does little to prevent that. You will therefore gain far more utility from adding a dedicated web filtering solution such as Cisco Umbrella or TitanHQ WebTitan to your mix. These can help prevent access to malware callback or phishing domains and IP addresses. For endpoint security, Bitdefender is in my opinion the best 'regular' AV solution as per independent testing. For businesses, you may wish to add Advanced Threat Security (sandboxing) and EDR to supplement that protection. In short: to add 'security' for a (business) Bitdefender user I would recommend that you consider adding web/email security (if not already) - ATS/EDR - and if possible intrusion prevention at network edge. We evangelise this kind of multi-layer cyber security strategy, preferably from multiple different vendors, to give multiple attempts to block threats. Best to think of Bitdefender (or any endpoint security solution for that matter) as your goalkeeper and everything else as a strong back four. You wouldn't want to play without defenders would you? PS. It's surprisingly common for Cisco Umbrella to find malicious content within backlink URLs we are reviewing for SEO...
You can try a Private Internet Access VPN. I use both paid and free and work well. For free VPN, I used Windscribe VPN and Hoxx VPN
Yes, you are right the Windscribe VPN and Hoxx VPN are good. Similarly, express VPN and Super VPN, free versions are also good. Moreover, I have recently used Opera inbuilt VPN. The inbuilt VPN works very well.
I used to use Express VPN but I found it to be expensive for what it costs. I played about with self-hosting an OpenVPN server in public cloud which had pros (speed) but also cons (lack of flexibility). In the end I settled for PIA (Private Internet Access) which did everything I wanted and worked out much cheaper on an annual basis. I do have a referral link on my personal PIA account which gives friends an extra month free - please feel free to PM me if anyone wants it. (I'm not going to post it here just in case the moderators incorrectly assume that my business has a commercial relationship with PIA - we don't).
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