How To Setup Vpn On Mac

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VPNBook is a virtual private network provider that uses encrypted connection to alternate the original IP address. Although it is unkown who is behind this service and how it receives it funding, it is free to use and it was reviewed in a special aricle of the PC Magazine, where its said that the service "has certain functionality flaws, but is good for a free VPN service". It was also reviewed by BestVPN portal.

The service connects to a VPN via OpenVPN client or a PPTP connection. There are minimal variety of geographic locations. Available servers include the United States, Canada and Romania. VPNBook is often used to bypass some governmental restrictions.


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Usage

The services offers two means of usage, connection via a third-party OpenVPN client or through PPTP. Any operating system that support PPTP connections can utilize VPNBook's service. The profile files for OpenVPN clients are available on VPNBook's website. The Mac OS X iOS, Android, Ubuntu, and Windows operating systems all have PPTP support built in.


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Platform

The software (OpenVPN clients) is installed on a separate operating system, which provides the protocol stack, file system, process scheduling and other features needed by the product. However, any device that can establish a PPTP connection can utilize VPNBook. A variety of OpenVPN client are available on Windows 7, 8, 10, Vista, XP, Mac OS X, Ubuntu, iOS and Android.

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