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Hola VPN Already Exploited by “Bad Guys”, Security Firm Says

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Re: Hola VPN Already Exploited by “Bad Guys”, Security Firm Says

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>Also, there is no guide out there for streamers, or people who are in the public eye on the internet, on how to avoid getting attacked by script kiddies. A famous StarCraft streamer made a guide on how to avoid this: https://blog.destiny.gg/protection-from-ddos-attacks/ I googled "guide to preventing DDOS on twitch" and it came up as the fourth result. How hard did you look?

Yeah I've seen this, and gone over it with him. He has some added exposure due to Steam which is another potential risk. I added a bullet point for that. Thanks for pointing this out but what do you think about the VPS vs VPN. It has an increased exposure to attack because everything else you do on your pc isn't being routed through the VPS. It also doesn't do anything for best practices for avoiding other forms of h…

The main reason of using a VPN or VPS is that you keep using your normal IP for the stream and the game. Everything else (where the attacker can get your IP) you use the VPN/VPS for. This will not protect your chat or browsing from getting DDOSed but it WILL prevent the attacker from killing your stream and your game. The benefit with using a VPS is the much bigger bandwidth of the host company to soak up the DDOS trafic so you can stay online.

If he has a fixed IP this is too late for him, he needs to get a new IP for this to be useful.

Re: Hola VPN Already Exploited by “Bad Guys”, Security Firm Says

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i used Hola VPN experience . i am sorry to say used bad experience for web surfing and ip changing because show the top domain surfing our country and reconnect and reconnect the hola ip. Otherwise good system and add on but reconnect the web surfing heritage. it compare the other VPN Like Ivacy and PureVpn is Good Vpn services both experience nice, not encryption from website browsing and surfing , also secure

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try cryptostorm.is as a VPN

Yeah, cryptostorm does a lot to defend users against attacks. Just don't confuse it as a replacement for Tor and you're good to go.

Cryptostorm + tor = current best solution for anonymity online.
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