2y ago

Mullvad Announce Latest Infrastructure Audit

mullvad.net /en/blog/2023/8/9/infrastructure-audit-completed-by-radically-open-security/

"RoS discovered a number of new findings, and we would like to thank them for their thorough and detailed report. They stated , amongst other things that: that whilst they found some issues, that: “The Mullvad VPN relays which were the subject of this test showed a mature architecture…” and “During the test we found no logging of user activity data..”

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2y ago

Mullvad VPN - Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security

mullvad.net /en/blog/2023/8/9/infrastructure-audit-completed-by-radically-open-security/

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Shame that they removed port forwarding, I’ll definitely stick with them if it’s not the case.
- Whats so important about port forwarding on a VPN? Genuinely ignorant here.
  
  If you're doing a P2P related activity over a VPN (or otherwise), port forwarding is very important for improving speed or enabling the service at all. That's because your router blocks incoming traffic from certain ports by default, ports that will be used with a P2P connection. To get around this, you can 'forward' a port that can be used for said P2P activity, letting your router know that the traffic you expect to see from a specific port should be let through.
  You can simply leave port forwarding to your personal router, but if you want to stay anonymous while participating in P2P connections, then you'll want to use a VPN service. If a VPN service doesn't utilize port forwarding, then any P2P connections you use will either be straight up impossible, or very slow. For example, you wanted to host a gaming server without giving away your actual IP address, then a VPN with port forwarding is desirable. The same can be said for torrenting.
- I was so happy with MullVad until the port forwarding removal. €5 a month regardless and a very easy to use website. I moved to a 3 year purchase of AirVPN but it's a lot more finicky to use.
- wait when did they do that?? I used to use mullvad port forwarding to ssh to my pc :(
  
  A few months ago. They said that hosting companies and other providers were refusing to work with them if they continued with it as a feature.
  It's just too easy to abuse by bad people using it to host very questionable content. Lots of people then moved to ivpn and then they removed it too, for the same reasons.
- Oh dang. Was about to jump to Mullvad for that exactly. Sorry to hear it.
  
  Ovpn.com still offers port forwarding however they were recently acquired by a us company which could be a red flag
  
  can’t personally vouch but AirVPN still has PF if you need it.
The way they did port forwarding was so rock solid and stable being able to assign a port to your account and have it apply to any endpoint… but now that isn’t there I was forced to switch to ProtonVPN. Also my latest DL speeds with the closest node in my area with Mullvad WireGuard config is much slower than proton… sigh. I’ll keep what I already paid for on Mullvad but I won’t be renewing. 😢
- I switch back to PIA because of this. Been rock solid and very fast.
  
  That's probably fine for pirating stuff, but I hope you have no expectations of privacy. Terrible company.
IF only they hadn't removed port forwarding I would love Mullvad
- At least they handled it well with plenty of notice and hassle-free refunds for anyone who requests them. I was sad to go but still support the company.
- Where did you move to?
  
  Airvpn - was the only suitable alternative. I miss mullvad but it works and unlimited port forwarding.
  
  I moved back to Proton. But on Linux I still don't know how to portforward now.
- What do you use port forwarding for out of interest? I'm using mullvad and it hasn't come up for me, but I don't understand the use case.
  
  I've only ever had to use port forwarding for gaming servers. In most other cases I've found better options
Such a good VPN for a really good price. I'll definitely be renewing when the time comes.
- 10,000%
I've been using Mullvad on PC/android for years... Even since the port forwarding has been removed I still use it. Been considering Proton though.
Anyone here use Proton(free or paid)? How is it?
- Service is fine, but GNU/Linux support needs improvement.
  They just changed their TOS to forbid paying customers from seeking any form of judicial remedy, so you can guess the direction they're headed.
  Needless to say I won't be renewing.
  
  Can you expand on what you mean by that please?
  
  Got a replacement in mind yet?
- Oh shit, I missed that they axed the port forwarding. Good thing I already set up alternate tunnels.
They offer -10% on Monero!
just switched to proton to save some cash but Mullvad have been great for years
- Does ProtonVPN offer port forwarding?
  
  Yes, but only on the paid plans
  
  yes, but only if you pay, and the port you get isn't static, so it changes every certain number of minutes, so you need to find or juryrig something to auto update your torrent client to the right port.
Great product!
- Who?

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