Tagged “vpn-features”
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Why a Router VPN Behaves Differently From a VPN App
Moving the tunnel to your router covers every device and gives up per-device control, kill switches, and easy server switching.
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What Your VPN's DNS Setting Actually Changes
VPN clients offer several DNS options and the labels are vague. Here is what each one does to where your name lookups go.
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DNS over HTTPS vs a VPN: What Each One Hides
Encrypted DNS protects your name lookups only. A VPN protects the whole connection. They solve overlapping but different problems.
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Shared vs Dedicated VPN IP Addresses
A shared VPN address hides you in a crowd; a dedicated one is yours alone. Each solves a problem the other creates.
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"Best VPN Service" Is Five Different Purchases Wearing One Name
Best at what? The jobs people buy a VPN for pull toward incompatible choices, so a single winner cannot exist. Here are the five, kept separate.
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Can a VPN Be Hacked? Sorting the Parts That Can Fail
A VPN is cryptography, an app on your device, someone else's servers, and an account. Each fails differently, and the maths is the sturdiest part.
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What Gets Examined When a VPN Says It Was Audited
The word covers several different exercises with different objects. Scope, date, and who commissioned it decide what an audit actually supports.
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An Obfuscated Server Hides That You Are Using a VPN
Obfuscation disguises the tunnel's own signature, not its contents. It answers one narrow question and adds nothing to your privacy.
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A Double VPN Splits Knowledge Between Two Servers
Two hops mean the entry server never learns your destination and the exit never learns your address. Whether that helps depends on who runs them.
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Split Tunnelling Gives You Two Paths Out of Your Device
Routing some traffic through the tunnel and some around it is useful and cheap. The cost is that you must know which path anything is on.
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How a VPN Kill Switch Fails Closed, and Where It Doesn't
A kill switch is a firewall rule that only permits traffic on the tunnel interface. Where those rules live decides whether it survives a crash.
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Changing Your VPN Location Only Changes the Exit Address
Picking a different server swaps the address you arrive from and the path your traffic takes. Everything else about your device stays put.
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How Many Devices a VPN Covers: Counting Connections, Not Gadgets
Device limits count simultaneous connections, not installs. A router counts once, a double-tunnelled laptop counts twice, and stale sessions hold slots.
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A VPN on Android: The Always-On Switch and the Private DNS Setting
Android puts the tunnel controls in the operating system: always-on, block-without-VPN, per-app coverage, and an encrypted DNS setting that can conflict.
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Setting Up a VPN: Which Layer You Put the Tunnel On
Setting up a VPN is mostly choosing which layer carries the tunnel — one app, one device, or the whole network — and what happens when it drops.