AzireVPN

AzireVPN
Type	Virtual private network service
Launch date	September 23, 2012 [1]
Last updated	February 2018
Platform	Personal computer ; Router ;
Operating system	Android ; iOS ; Linux ; macOS ; Microsoft Windows ;
Status	Active
Website	www.azirevpn.com

Last updated May 13, 2019

AzireVPN is a personal virtual private network (VPN) service.^[2]

A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network, and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network. Applications running on a computing device, e.g. a laptop, desktop, smartphone, across a VPN may therefore benefit from the functionality, security, and management of the private network. Encryption is a common though not an inherent part of a VPN connection.

Features

AzireVPN supports the open source tunneling protocol OpenVPN ^[2] and is one of few VPN service providers to offer WireGuard servers.^[3] Its OpenVPN servers use AES-256 for data encryption.^[4] The service is built and maintained by the Swedish company Netbouncer AB.^[5]

Open source is a term denoting that a product includes permission to use its source code, design documents, or content. It most commonly refers to the open-source model, in which open-source software or other products are released under an open-source license as part of the open-source-software movement. Use of the term originated with software, but has expanded beyond the software sector to cover other open content and forms of open collaboration.

In computer networks, a tunneling protocol is a communications protocol that allows for the movement of data from one network to another. It involves allowing private network communications to be sent across a public network through a process called encapsulation.

OpenVPN is an open-source commercial software that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It uses a custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange. It is capable of traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls. It was written by James Yonan and is published under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

AzireVPN is notable for claiming to utilize servers without harddisks as well as having hired the creator of WireGuard to write a rootkit-like module that, according to AzireVPN, "removes the ability of an ordinary system administrator to query endpoint or allowed-ip information about WireGuard peers, disable the ability to run tcpdump and much more."^[6] AzireVPN maintains a custom open source VPN client that currently supports OpenVPN and is hosted on GitHub under the GPLv2 license.^[7] It also hosts its own DNS servers and claims to provide DNSCrypt.^[7] AzireVPN has an official channel on the IRC network Freenode.^[2]

WireGuard is a free and open-source software application and communication protocol that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques to create secure point-to-point connections in routed or bridged configurations. It is run as a module inside the Linux kernel and aims for better performance than the IPsec and OpenVPN tunneling protocols.

A rootkit is a collection of computer software, typically malicious, designed to enable access to a computer or an area of its software that is not otherwise allowed and often masks its existence or the existence of other software. The term rootkit is a concatenation of "root" and the word "kit". The term "rootkit" has negative connotations through its association with malware.

tcpdump is a common packet analyzer that runs under the command line. It allows the user to display TCP/IP and other packets being transmitted or received over a network to which the computer is attached. Distributed under the BSD license, tcpdump is free software.

Reception

TorrentFreak has interviewed AzireVPN in their annual comparison of VPN providers since 2015.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[7]

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References

↑ AzireVPN. "AzireVPN". AzireVPN team. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
1 2 3 AzireVPN. "AzireVPN". Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
↑ AzireVPN. "Wireguard". Archived from the original on 2018-04-28.
↑ AzireVPN. "Tunnels - Documentation". OpenVPN. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
↑ "AzireVPN - About us". Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. AzireVPN is owned and maintained by Netbouncer AB, registered in Sweden.
↑ AzireVPN. "Security - Documentation". Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
1 2 3 Ernesto (2018-03-04). "Which VPN Services Keep You Anonymous in 2018?". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2018-04-29.
↑ Ernesto (2015-02-28). "Which VPN Services Take Your Anonymity Seriously? 2015 Edition". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
↑ Ernesto (2016-02-20). "Which VPN Services Take Your Anonymity Seriously?". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
↑ Ernesto (2017-03-04). "Which VPN Services Keep You Anonymous in 2017?". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2017-03-04.

External links

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[azirevpn_launch-1] AzireVPN. "AzireVPN". AzireVPN team. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.

[azirevpn-home-2] 1 2 3 AzireVPN. "AzireVPN". Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.

[azirevpn-wireguard-3] AzireVPN. "Wireguard". Archived from the original on 2018-04-28.

[azirevpn_documentation_tunnels_openvpn-4] AzireVPN. "Tunnels - Documentation". OpenVPN. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.

[azirevpn-about-us-5] "AzireVPN - About us". Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. AzireVPN is owned and maintained by Netbouncer AB, registered in Sweden.

[azirevpn_documentation_security-6] AzireVPN. "Security - Documentation". Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.

[tf-comparison2018-7] 1 2 3 Ernesto (2018-03-04). "Which VPN Services Keep You Anonymous in 2018?". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2018-04-29.

[tf-comparison2015-8] Ernesto (2015-02-28). "Which VPN Services Take Your Anonymity Seriously? 2015 Edition". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2018-01-03.

[tf-comparison2016-9] Ernesto (2016-02-20). "Which VPN Services Take Your Anonymity Seriously?". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2018-01-03.

[tf-comparison2017-10] Ernesto (2017-03-04). "Which VPN Services Keep You Anonymous in 2017?". TorrentFreak . Archived from the original on 2017-03-04.