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Re: PureVPN IPv6 Leak

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Post by rasengan »

dongcarl wrote: post #67

If you can't see your VPN's source code, you can almost safely assume that they're broken in some way.

> If you can't see your VPN's source code, you can almost safely assume that they're broken in some way.

This is definitely true insofar that you better be able to see client code. That said, since you cannot see what the server is running, even if they release their code, you will still end up with a trust actor or two (vpn operator or sometimes multiple vpn operators in double hop cases).

That’s exactly the reason we introduced deterministic and verifiable VPN technology on https://VP.NET which allows you to actually see the code the VPN servers are running. Instead of trust in a non deterministic human actor you can now trust deterministic and verifiable code.

It is the end of privacy theater!

[1] I am a co-founder of VP.NET

Re: PureVPN IPv6 Leak

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Post by Varelion »

IlikeKitties wrote: post #10
Varelion wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't blocking IPv6 and using a kill-switch prevent leaking?

No, not in all cases. Imagine your Browser gets 0-dayed and just send all IPs it sees to an endpoint.

Noob here. If this happened, wouldn't any type of layering of network solutions ultimately result in this leaking all the same though?

Re: PureVPN IPv6 Leak

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Post by IlikeKitties »

Varelion wrote: post #76
IlikeKitties wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, not in all cases. Imagine your Browser gets 0-dayed and just send all IPs it sees to an endpoint.

Noob here. If this happened, wouldn't any type of layering of network solutions ultimately result in this leaking all the same though?

No. The Browser or torrent prozess is sandboxed and can only see the VPN Network interface. The other interfaces are hidden.

Re: PureVPN IPv6 Leak

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Post by privacyking »

Dagger2 wrote: post #73
pshirshov wrote: post #16

I donwt know any single VPN provider apart from Mullvad with proper v6 implementation.

Even Mullvad give out ULA addresses. You can hardly call that a proper implementation :(

Well it's more private. Also there's only one proper IPv6 implementation (using GUAs) and most people.cant get one

Re: PureVPN IPv6 Leak

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Post by baobun »

joecool1029 wrote: post #57
patrakov wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are one of the few VPN providers that give out public IPv4 addresses, and you can even get a static one. So, if you are using them for having a public IP, not for privacy, please continue doing so.

There are better options for that. One of them: https://njal.la/ (this service was formerly known as IPredator and run by former piratebay/piratebyran people)

FYI: https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/njalla-has-silently-changed-a-word...
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