From 43b177c28f363047348be228723a38c573b2d361 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lexi Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 05:54:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update WireGuard info on VPN provider page (#790) Signed-off-by: Daniel Gray --- _includes/legacy/sections/vpn.html | 15 +++++++++++---- legacy_pages/providers/vpn.html | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/_includes/legacy/sections/vpn.html b/_includes/legacy/sections/vpn.html index 849f5f72..70bea3a3 100644 --- a/_includes/legacy/sections/vpn.html +++ b/_includes/legacy/sections/vpn.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

Recommended VPN Services

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{% include badge.html color="success" text="Open Source Clients" %}

Mullvad provides the source code for their desktop and mobile clients in their GitHub organization.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="Accepts Bitcoin" %}
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Mullvad in addition to accepting credit/debit cards and PayPal, accepts Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and cash/local currency as anonymous forms of payment. They also accept Swish and bank wire transfers.

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Mullvad, in addition to accepting credit/debit cards and PayPal, accepts Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and cash/local currency as anonymous forms of payment. They also accept Swish and bank wire transfers.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="WireGuard Support" %}
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In addition to standard OpenVPN connections, Mullvad supports WireGuard. WireGuard is an experimental protocol with theoretically better security and higher reliability, although it is not currently recommended for production use.

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Mullvad supports the WireGuard® protocol. WireGuard is a newer protocol that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. Additionally, WireGuard aims to be simpler and more performant.

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Mullvad recommends the use of WireGuard with their service. It is the default or only protocol on Mullvad's Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux apps, whereas Windows users have to manually enable WireGuard. Mullvad also offers a WireGuard configuration generator for use with the official WireGuard apps.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="IPv6 Support" %}

Mullvad supports the future of networking IPv6. Their network allows users to access services hosted on IPv6 as opposed to other providers who block IPv6 connections.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="Remote Port Forwarding" %}
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ProtonVPN provides the source code for their desktop and mobile clients in their GitHub organization.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="Accepts Bitcoin" %}

ProtonVPN does technically accept Bitcoin payments; however, you either need to have an existing account, or contact their support team in advance to register with Bitcoin.

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{% include badge.html color="success" text="WireGuard Support" %}
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ProtonVPN mostly supports the WireGuard® protocol. WireGuard is a newer protocol that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. Additionally, WireGuard aims to be simpler and more performant.

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ProtonVPN recommends the use of WireGuard with their service. On ProtonVPN's Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, ChromeOS, and Android TV apps, WireGuard is the default protocol; however, support for the protocol is not present in their Linux app.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="Mobile Clients" %}

In addition to providing standard OpenVPN configuration files, ProtonVPN has mobile clients for App Store and Google Play allowing for easy connections to their servers. The mobile client on Android is also available in F-Droid, which ensures that it is compiled with reproducible builds.

{% include badge.html color="warning" text="No Port Forwarding" %}
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{% include badge.html color="success" text="Accepts Bitcoin" %}

In addition to accepting credit/debit cards and PayPal, IVPN accepts Bitcoin, Monero and cash/local currency (on annual plans) as anonymous forms of payment.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="WireGuard Support" %}
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In addition to standard OpenVPN connections, IVPN supports WireGuard. WireGuard is an experimental protocol with theoretically better security and higher reliability, although it is not currently recommended for production use.

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IVPN supports the WireGuard® protocol. WireGuard is a newer protocol that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. Additionally, WireGuard aims to be simpler and more performant.

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IVPN recommends the use of WireGuard with their service and, as such, the protocol is the default on all of IVPN's apps. IVPN also offers a WireGuard configuration generator for use with the official WireGuard apps.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="Remote Port Forwarding" %}

Remote port forwarding is possible with a Pro plan. Port forwarding can be activated via the client area. Port forwarding is only available on IVPN when using WireGuard or OpenVPN protocols and is disabled on US servers.

{% include badge.html color="success" text="Mobile Clients" %}
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diff --git a/legacy_pages/providers/vpn.html b/legacy_pages/providers/vpn.html index 25146383..bfdc2c79 100644 --- a/legacy_pages/providers/vpn.html +++ b/legacy_pages/providers/vpn.html @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ description: "Find a no-logging VPN operator who isn't out to sell or read your

Minimum to Qualify:

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  • Support for strong protocols such as OpenVPN.
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  • Support for strong protocols such as WireGuard & OpenVPN.
  • Killswitch built in to clients.
  • Multihop support. Multihopping is important to keep data private in case of a single node compromise.
  • If VPN clients are provided, they should be open source, like the VPN software they generally have built into them. We believe that source code availability provides greater transparency to the user about what their device is actually doing. We like to see these applications available in F-Droid.
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    Best Case:

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    • OpenVPN and WireGuard support.
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    • WireGuard and OpenVPN support.
    • Killswitch with highly configurable options (enable/disable on certain networks, on boot, etc.)
    • Easy-to-use VPN clients
    • Supports IPv6. We expect that servers will allow incoming connections via IPv6 and allow users to access services hosted on IPv6 addresses.
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    • IVPN Privacy Guides

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      Legal:

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      "WireGuard" and the "WireGuard" logo are registered trademarks of Jason A. Donenfeld.

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