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Hello !
 
I recommend you take a look at torrentfreak.com and you'll find there's countless stories of very well-funded organisations hunting down
people who torrent stuff. You'll find that despite their efforts, both legal and otherwise, they're still failing at consistently finding and even
less so, imprisoning or fining downloaders.
 
Also:
 
- There's shared IPs. Meaning multiple users share the same IP address.
- Multiple servers around the world you can connect to and thus different jurisdictions/rules.
- AirVPN is logless and makes constant attempts at securing their users.
- Not all ISPs are interested in following up on copyright notices and not all are capable of it either.
- Having an IP address isn't necessarily proof of any wrongdoing. For instance, when you're in a swarm, your IP is shared regardless of if you're downloading or uploading anything at all.
- It's not necessarily easy to see when someone is using a VPN.With AirVPN, you can mask VPN traffic to look like generic traffic. This is how you get around high-level censorship in places like China, where VPNs are actively blocked.
- Air offers their own DNS services too, so you won't use your ISPs; meaning they still won't be able to see what you do.
- For general browsing, but not torrenting, Air is one of the view VPNs which offers the option of routing VPN traffic through the anonymizing network known as TOR, for an additional level of privacy and security.
- AirVPN has an active policy of ignoring DMCA requests. Meaning it doesn't matter if someone was watching the peer list. Companies already do this and they're still failing as well.
- The nature of the VPNs encrypted traffic is to prevent people looking over your shoulder to start with.
- Torrenting/Bittorrent are not illegal in and of themselves. Bittorent is a protocol and torrenting is an act of downloading. It depends on what you're downloading and where it's from.
 
So in short, if you take your precautions and do things like:
 
- Use an open-sourced client, such as qBittorent and configure it correctly.
- Use Network Lock in Airs "Eddie" VPN program or similar.
- Plug the various IP leaks in your browser, by checking Airs website www.ipleak.net (not dot com)
- Download from reputable sources and don't download stuff like child porn, etc.
- Generally keep your OS, browser and client software up to date.
 
Then you won't have anything to worry about, for the most part :].
 
I also recommend taking a look at this:
 
https://www.goldenfrog.com/blog/myths-about-vpn-logging-and-anonymity
 
https://superuser.com/questions/609406/if-one-uses-a-vpn-can-the-isp-still-see-or-know-what-exact-urls-one-visits-o
 
Ignore the self-advertising on goldenfrog, but do read the various points.

Hello !
 
I recommend you take a look at torrentfreak.com and you'll find there's countless stories of very well-funded organisations hunting down
people who torrent stuff. You'll find that despite their efforts, both legal and otherwise, they're still failing at consistently finding and even
less so, imprisoning or fining downloaders.
 
Also:
 
- There's shared IPs. Meaning multiple users share the same IP address.
- Multiple servers around the world you can connect to and thus different jurisdictions/rules.
- AirVPN is logless and makes constant attempts at securing their users.
- Not all ISPs are interested in following up on copyright notices and not all are capable of it either.
- Having an IP address isn't necessarily proof of any wrongdoing. For instance, when you're in a swarm, your IP is shared regardless of if you're downloading or uploading anything at all.
- It's not necessarily easy to see when someone is using a VPN.With AirVPN, you can mask VPN traffic to look like generic traffic. This is how you get around high-level censorship in places like China, where VPNs are actively blocked.
- Air offers their own DNS services too, so you won't use your ISPs; meaning they still won't be able to see what you do.
- For general browsing, but not torrenting, Air is one of the view VPNs which offers the option of routing VPN traffic through the anonymizing network known as TOR, for an additional level of privacy and security.
- AirVPN has an active policy of ignoring DMCA requests. Meaning it doesn't matter if someone was watching the peer list. Companies already do this and they're still failing as well.
- The nature of the VPNs encrypted traffic is to prevent people looking over your shoulder to start with.
- Torrenting/Bittorrent are not illegal in and of themselves. Bittorent is a protocol and torrenting is an act of downloading. It depends on what you're downloading and where it's from.
 
So in short, if you take your precautions and do things like:
 
- Use an open-sourced client, such as qBittorent and configure it correctly.
- Use Network Lock in Airs "Eddie" VPN program or similar.
- Plug the various IP leaks in your browser, by checking Airs website www.ipleak.net (not dot com)
- Download from reputable sources and don't download stuff like child porn, etc.
- Generally keep your OS, browser and client software up to date.
 
Then you won't have anything to worry about, for the most part :].
 
I also recommend taking a look at this:
 
https://www.goldenfrog.com/blog/myths-about-vpn-logging-and-anonymity
 
https://superuser.com/questions/609406/if-one-uses-a-vpn-can-the-isp-still-see-or-know-what-exact-urls-one-visits-o
 
Ignore the self-advertising on goldenfrog, but do read the various points.

Hello !
 
I recommend you take a look at torrentfreak.com and you'll find there's countless stories of very well-funded organisations hunting down
people who torrent stuff. You'll find that despite their efforts, both legal and otherwise, they're still failing at consistently finding and even
less so, imprisoning or fining downloaders.
 
Also:
 
- There's shared IPs. Meaning multiple users share the same IP address.
- Multiple servers around the world you can connect to and thus different jurisdictions/rules.
- AirVPN is logless and makes constant attempts at securing their users.
- Not all ISPs are interested in following up on copyright notices and not all are capable of it either.
- Having an IP address isn't necessarily proof of any wrongdoing. For instance, when you're in a swarm, your IP is shared regardless of if you're downloading or uploading anything at all.
- It's not necessarily easy to see when someone is using a VPN.With AirVPN, you can mask VPN traffic to look like generic traffic. This is how you get around high-level censorship in places like China, where VPNs are actively blocked.
- Air offers their own DNS services too, so you won't use your ISPs; meaning they still won't be able to see what you do.
- For general browsing, but not torrenting, Air is one of the view VPNs which offers the option of routing VPN traffic through the anonymizing network known as TOR, for an additional level of privacy and security.
- AirVPN has an active policy of ignoring DMCA requests. Meaning it doesn't matter if someone was watching the peer list. Companies already do this and they're still failing as well.
- The nature of the VPNs encrypted traffic is to prevent people looking over your shoulder to start with.
- Torrenting/Bittorrent are not illegal in and of themselves. Bittorent is a protocol and torrenting is an act of downloading. It depends on what you're downloading and where it's from.
 
So in short, if you take your precautions and do things like:
 
- Use an open-sourced client, such as qBittorent and configure it correctly.
- Use Network Lock in Airs "Eddie" VPN program or similar.
- Plug the various IP leaks in your browser, by checking Airs website www.ipleak.net (not dot com)
- Download from reputable sources and don't download stuff like child porn, etc.
- Generally keep your OS, browser and client software up to date.
 
Then you won't have anything to worry about, for the most part :].
 
I also recommend taking a look at this:
 
https://www.goldenfrog.com/blog/myths-about-vpn-logging-and-anonymity
 
https://superuser.com/questions/609406/if-one-uses-a-vpn-can-the-isp-still-see-or-know-what-exact-urls-one-visits-o
 
Ignore the self-advertising on goldenfrog, but do read the various points.

I love you. Marry me. That's an order!
 
Pushing is restricted in most forums. It's annoying to see a post at the top of the first page over and over again just because no one can help the op. Sometimes I'm a digital prophet preaching at least good pushing manners: "wait a few days while you try things on your own; if your post fails to get an answer by anyone, push by naming all things you did after your last post".. It's less spammy and increases the probability the person solved it himself or captured new valuable information which will in the end be a trigger for someone to ask more questions or come up with a creative solution.
 
And yes, it's a pity GoDaddy doesn't support all the features. Really glad to read DNSSEC is enabled. As I said, I could kiss you.
 
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Google is paranoid of internet users depriving Google of advertising revenue.
 
I use StartPage.

Google dislikes all users, especially ones they cannot use for their evil monetizing purposes.
There are some limits for searches originating from the same IP address during a certain amount of time.
After this limit is reached, the clients receive a captcha challenge that is only good for a limited amount of time.

First, it might be that you allowed it before and it was just a residue of your previous configuration.
Second, Network Lock is designed to do exactly as the name suggests, block Network Access to userspace
apps that are bound to the Windows Firewall rules.
If you run another program as a super-user (Administrator), which bypasses the Windows Firewall rules
and acting as and can generally be classified as malware - Network Lock cannot be effective in this case.
That "allow" screen is just a courtesy - if a program is granted Administrator permissions or if you allowed it's
elevation with UAC - it can add those "allow" rules with dozens of documented and less-documented techniques.
Network Lock is not a solution against malicious apps that subvert or disable the Windows Firewall.

Hello.
Speaking of UK only, you currently have 7 different IP addresses to choose from, which are the 7 servers there.
As it comes to speed, you might get better latency to Singapore and Hong Kong instead, you don't have to
buy a plan in order to test it, just ping any server within your area of choice, i.e.:
 
hadar.airvpn.org
yed.airvpn.org
nunki.airvpn.org
and so on.
 
TATA communications (India's largest marine cable carrier) has great peering with Asia, but not so much with Europe at this point.
We are still talking about <100ms differences, but it can be significant for some use-cases.
Better latency might indicate better performance in most cases.
 
 
As for India, you are still probably better with a VPN rather than without. The reason is, since the population is large,
and the APNIC IP addresses are very limited, most customers find themselves behind a CG-NAT, which is sharing the same IP
address for hundrends, in some cases even thousands of subscribers. The Air servers are shared as well, but not as much as it
would be using a regular residential ISP there. My example mostly covered Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and BSNL, I don't have exact
specs about others, but you can get a free 3 days trial and check everything by yourself.

This is actually more healthy to the components than a daily power-cycle.
The power consumption costs of modern era PCs are so low that it uses less than an average light-bulb, just to compare.

Hello !
 
They are good-for-nothing oppressors of the internet and as with tyrants, they get the big middle-finger.
I still don't understand why they would punish VPN users harder. Perhaps to make up for the additional resources
used in order to even catch one?
 
Their statements are funny:
- I'd like to see them defend the rights of anime producers lol or super old games. It's all a sham. Many of these things just aren't available anymore by normal channels.
- Sharing is caring. This is tyranny. If I have an old game or such and I lend it to you and my other friends, that's not illegal. But for the digital equivalent then it's suddenly different.
 
 
- VPNs like AirVPN are logless and unlike many other VPNs, make an effort to not see what you do, as per my understanding.
- You run a greater security risk of not using a VPN lol. Especially while torrenting.
- Yes it's possible to be identified, but a lot of that just comes from misconfirguration, such as not turning off WebRTC or otherwise leaking.
- VPNs like Air also allow P2P and turn down DMCA requests. So they can, as Michael Jackson once suggested, "Beat It".
 
Then they say:
 
´- Why should someone pay for inferior services, which is often the case? Many Europeans for instance, pay for a Netflix with less content, yet higher prices.
- Lots of content isn't even available and not all torrenting is about movies either. There's many torrents on old games, software and books; especially from Asia.
- The creators, if by that they mean artists, probably don't take much of a hit anyway and companies like BREIN probably don't give the artists/actors the money either.

BREIN was active and known for years.
Actually adversaries like that is what made the VPN services not only for the average privacy freaks,
but for all the people who just understand the way the internet works during the past years.
 
Netherlands received very bad "pirate score" over the last few years, and since they apparently didn't want
to become the new "Sweden" of Pirate hosting, they made these semi-legal law enforcing groups to make
it look as something is done. This is fine, as long as they don't target the business ISPs as well.
 
Sidenote:
You have nothing to worry about while using the Dutch (NL) Air servers. As far as the current law takes place,
they have no jurisdiction in data-centers, unless Pirate content is hosted on these servers directly, which is not
the case here. Air acts only as a data transit service. Unless something significant will change in the future.

You would need to use a router that routes all traffic through the VPN such as pfSense, Asus, Netgear etc that have OpenVPN.
 
That being said you cannot port forward all the required ports for XBOX Live to function entirely and will have a strict NAT and have some services be unavailable at times, including chat.
 
I use pfSense of course, but I do not run my consoles through the VPN, instead I employ a true isolated DMZ for them and allow UPNP only on that interface and only for those devices. This allows me to enjoy full functionality as well as top level security. I even have ad and tracking servers blocked on the DNS level for a bit of extra privacy. Keep in mind if you use XBOX Live this is generally attached to your true identity through your account so there is little value of the gaming traffic to go through the VPN, unless you are trying to hide gaming use from your ISP.

zhang888 was here.

Hello !
 
I have to agree that it would be nice with more Asian servers

Hello !
 
Wow, I guess AirVPN gets a lot of Canadian users or something? Haha.
 
Personally, I'd love more Asian servers. I guess there will never be AirVPN servers in China, ahah. HK doesn't count as China .

Hello !
 
What surprises me most is that there's still no server called "Cloud" ^^.
Then we could make endless bad tech jokes! Just think of the community interaction!
 
Someone: Where's the server?
Staff: It's in the Cloud !!!
 
------
 
Staff: Announcing our new server: Cloud. Now that's cloud-computing guys!
 
------
 
*Server maintenance on Cloud server*
Staff: Cloudy with a chance of rain!
 
-----
 
But hey, I'm just trying to inject some humor into your daily lives. I mean, a Cloud server would literally be a breath of fresh Air!!!
 

Hello !
 
It's not free, but you can ask for a free trial. However just because it's not free, it shouldn't be ruled out.
It's one of the BEST VPNs out there and depending on what you're wanting to do, a free VPN may or may not be so useful.
For instance, if you want to download stuff via P2P, a free service might have restrictions and not allow you to. Or have download limits
or just be slow. Not to mention a free VPN can easily be insecure. I recommend you try AirVPN out. You can get 3 days for next to nothing! :].
 
Here you can apply for a trial:
https://airvpn.org/contact/

ATTENTION: This tutorial is out of date, incomplete and deprecated. 
A new and improved version of this tutorial can be found here: https://airvpn.org/topic/24349-how-to-airvpn-via-sslstunnel-on-android-678/
 
 
This thread is only kept online for historical reference.
 
 
 
 
 


Goal and obstacles

We want to use AirVPN's SSL tunneling mode on Android. SSL tunneling can be very useful, especially to defeat firewalls that block OpenVPN or SSH on a protocol level. On Android, a few obstacles have to be worked around:

a. there is no AirVPN Eddie client for Android.
Solution: We will use OpenVPN and stunnel directly.
b. there is no stunnel app in any Android appstore.
Solution: we will download the stunnel Android binary (provided by the stunnel project itself) and run it from the commandline.
c. Android does not allow us to execute any programs from the sdcard.
Solution: we will move stunnel to a special location (owned by the Terminal app), which will allow the Terminal app to execute stunnel.
d. stunnel wants to write to /tmp/, but there's no /tmp/ on Android.
Solution: we will modify the .ssl config file to change the pidfile location to a writable directory.





Software RequirementsAndroid 4.0 or newer (device does not have to be rooted) stunnel compiled for Android (FOSS), via project website OpenVPN for Android (FOSS), via F-Droid or Play Store Jack Palevich's Terminal Emulator for Android (FOSS), via F-Droid or Play Store a separate computer to download/edit the necessary config files and binaries (entirely optional, but easier than doing everything on the Android device itself)



Setup instructions

1. Generate config files with AirVPN's config generatorchoose Linux pick one single server of your choice. I will use Nunki for this tutorial! for Connection Mode, choose SSL Tunnel, port 443 (visible after enabling Advanced Mode) enable Resolved hosts in .ovpn file leave all the other settings at their default values download and unzip the generated zip file this should result in an AirVPN folder, containing three files 2. Open the ssl config file (AirVPN_GB-Manchester_Nunki_SSL-443.ssl) in a text editor.

Find the line:
pid = /tmp/stunnel4.pidChange it to:
pid = /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME/stunnel4.pidSave and close the file.
 
3. In a text editor, create a new file with the following contents:
#!/system/bin/shcd /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME./stunnel AirVPN_GB-Manchester_Nunki_SSL-443.sslSave it to a file named nunki (no file extension).
Put the file into the AirVPN folder, next to our other config files.


4. Download and unzip stunnel for Android from the stunnel website (stunnel-X.XX-android.zip)

Put the stunnel file (only the file, not the folder) into the AirVPN folder.


5. Make sure your AirVPN folder now contains the following files:
AirVPN_GB-Manchester_Nunki_SSL-443.ovpnAirVPN_GB-Manchester_Nunki_SSL-443.sslnunkistunnelstunnel.crt6. Copy the whole AirVPN folder to your Android's SD card.

The path should be:
/sdcard/AirVPN/7. Install OpenVPN for Android via F-Droid or Play Store and import the .ovpn config file located at
/sdcard/AirVPN/AirVPN_GB-Manchester_Nunki_SSL-443.ovpnDon't try to connect just yet.


8. Install Terminal Emulator for Android, via F-Droid or Play Store


9. Open Terminal Emulator and successively run the following commands:
cdThe simple cd command should take you to the app's home directory (/data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME).
This is where we need to put our config files and the stunnel binary. Let's move them over by running:
mv /sdcard/AirVPN/* .It's important to type every character correctly (commandline is case sensitive); the "*" is a wildcard expanding to all files in the AirVPN folder, and the "." is a placeholder for the current directory /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME. Typing commands on Android is a big pain, so I try to keep them as short as possible!

Finally, we need to modify permissions for the binary and the script, allowing us to execute them:
chmod 555 stunnel nunkiWe should be ready to go!





Usage instructions

I. Open Terminal Emulator and run the following two commands:
  cd ./nunkiA log message should appear: Configuration successful
Great! Keep the Terminal app running, but use the Home button to get out.

II. Open OpenVPN for Android and connect to the profile AirVPN_GB_Manchester_Nunki_SSL-443
Unless something went wrong, you should get Initialization Sequence Completed - great!
I recommend performing the usual leak tests and perhaps diving into OpenVPN's profile settings before relying on your configuration to work as you expect it to.


III. To disconnect:
Disconnect VPN in OpenVPN open Terminal Emulator, press VOLUME_DOWN + C to kill stunnel press the X button to close the terminal session IV. If stunnel isn't shutdown properly, you may see an error if you try to run stunnel again:
 
[!] Error binding service [openvpn] to 127.0.0.1:1413[!] bind: Address already in use (98)[ ] Closing service [openvpn][ ] Service [openvpn] closedThis means stunnel is still running in the background. You can kill it by running:
 
killall stunnel




Footnotes

I successfully followed my own tutorial using: CyanogenMod 12.1 nightly (≈ Android 5.1)stunnel 5.23OpenVPN for Android 0.6.35 (F-Droid)Terminal Emulator 1.0.70 (F-Droid)Testers welcome, especially if you're using different Android and software versions.

Credits:
Kevin Boone for the clever binary execution workaround.

Hello !
 
I don't think it matters much. Once you enable Network Lock, it stays enabled .
Correctly sign out by opening the app one way or another and clicking "Disconnect".
Be aware that with Network Lock on, you won't have a connection if you disconnect or if you just wake up your PC
without having disconnected the app through its own menus (I think it's a bug they're working on). In that case, if nothing
works, you'll sometimes have to go into your IP and/or DNS settings and set things to their default routes to get a connection
again.

Hi here is a transcript of my conversation with David from nerd VPN  which was a little bit disturbing
feel free to read for yourself

 
David
NordVPN support

Mozilla Firefox everything else sucks. It was little bit slower, but it is improving Firefox get rid of all chromium base privacy sucks and they are corrupted from its core

After multiple reports via the chat system. the support person claimed that this is false and everything was fine.
 
Virustotal mirrors:
 
Office malware dropper URL (blog.purevpn.com)
https://virustotal.com/en/url/8cc65c5d2546e68db4ff2cb60f1ced82fd99d855661ee958835596404982a2f3/analysis/1460334073/
 
Office Macro dropper (.doc)
https://virustotal.com/en/file/28de6eaf5f3c0ddcb0483432aae06969545e463332d785fcdd39aa54f28736e9/analysis/1460334077/
 
Dropped executable (Windows Password stealer Trojan)
https://virustotal.com/en/file/52c5f6acdc76954ef2aff462f1f7c2b878e8eee21b820fda0a75d25a91b45779/analysis/1460334670/
 
 
 
Chat Transcript:
 



 



 
 
 
 
Now, every project can be potentially hacked. Especially if you run an outdated WordPress blog.
The important part is how do you deal with incidents when they occur. And here we have a
perfect example of complete deniability and ignorance regarding the issue.
 
You should be very careful if you downloaded any software from them in the past, or intend to
do so in the future.

Okay, well, if you seeing anything about Sky at all, you don't have AirVPN configured correctly.
 
You need to make sure you do these three things:
 
1. Turn of any location services your device or browser may be using.
 
2. Plug that WebRTC leak.
 
3. Plug any DNS leaks.
 
You had made progress when your error was ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED but now you appear back to square one.
 
For location services:
In the URL bar, type about:config
Type geo.enabled
Double click on the geo.enabled preference
Location-Aware Browsing is now disabled
 
For WebRTC, make sure you do this:
Enter "about:config" in the address bar and press enter
Press the button "I'll be careful, I promise!"
Type in "media.peerconnection.enabled" in the search bar (there should be only one entry)
Right-click the entry choose "Toggle", the column "Value" should now be "false"
 
For DNS leak protection, you need to either make sure the DNS options of eddie are enabled, use network lock, and ensure that the TAP adapter's DNS server is set to 10.4.0.1.

Hello!
 
If the problem is in the firewall, a flush of the rules while the client is not running will solve it. Should you need more specific instructions please specify the Operating System which you experience this problem on and the Eddie version you're running.
 
Kind regards

Hi there, I would like to inform the staff that I have found a bug in the ipleak.net website (Which I think is run by AirVPN staff)
 
When I am connected to the Mekbuda server, and I visit ipleak.net, it says "M247 - Residential", instead of "M247 - AirVPN Server (Exit)" like all the other AirVPN servers do.
 
Also, if you scroll down on that page, it says "AirVPN Exit Node: No" which is incorrect.
 
Screenshots: