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VyprVPNReview
Submittedbygizmo.richards|Lastupdateon24thJune,201611:44pm
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VyprVPN
It'sreallyfast,it'sgotabignetworkandisgreatforbustingthroughrestrictivefirewallsandaccessingoverseaswebservicesbutthepricingis
higherthanmost.NotgoodforBitTorrentanddeepanonymity.
Price: $9.99monthbilledmonthly,$120.00/year
Website: https://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn
Reviewedby: GizmoRichards
Review&Alternatives: BestVPNServices
Summary
Awellestablished,fullfeaturedVPNserviceincorporatedinSwizerlandthatofferssecureconnectionsovermultipleprotocolstomorethan700serversin50+
locationsworldwide.SubscriptionincludestheuseofthecompanysnonloggingDNSserversaswellastheoptionaluseoftheirproprietaryChameleon
technologyclaimedtodefeatnationalfirewallssuchasthegreatFirewallofChina.Itprovidesexcellentnetworkspeedandsecuritythoughprivacyissuesrelating
toIPloggingarecurrentlynotsufficientlyclarifiedsowe'vedeductedahalfstarfromourratingbecauseofthat.It'sstillagreatchoiceforuserswhowanttobe
abletouseaVPNforeverydayprivatebrowsing,connectingtowebservicesinothercountriesandbypassingnationalfirewalls.It'slesssuitedtoBitTorrentusers
orindividualswhorequiremaximumanonymity.
Review
OurRating
Networksize
Networkspeed
Anonymity(Windowsversion)
Security(Windowsversion,ProandPremierplans)
SuitabilityforaccessingNetflix,HBOandothergeorestrictedservices
SuitabilityforBitTorrent(butcopyrightviolationmayresultinbanning)
Easeofuse(Windowsversion)
Support
Valueformoney
OverallRating
TheCompanybehindVyprVPN
VyprVPNisoneofanumberofsecurityandprivacyproductsandservicesfromtheGoldenFrogcompany.Thenamemightmakeyouthinktheyarebasedin
China,butaccordingtoWikipediaitappearstheyhaveanaddressinSwitzerlandaswellasofficesinTexas.Itisabitofamysteryprimarilybecauseverylittle
companyinformationisactuallyprovidedontheirwebsite.
Thissecrecymaybealegitimateattempttoputanimpedimentinthepathofgovernmentauthoritiesrequestinguserinformationoritmaybesomethingmore
worrying.Thereisnowaytotell.ThisisacommonproblemwithVPNcompaniesandGoldenFrogisnodifferent.
AccordingtoGoldenFrogswebsitetheyareaselffundedcompanywithover20yearsinthebusinessthoughapparentlythecompanyitselfwasonlyincorporated
in2010.
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Theyhavecertainlybeenactiveasadvocatesforinternetprivacy.Theremaybeseveralreasonsforthisincludingcommercialmotivesbutwhatever,itistobe
applauded.
Whatistheiroffering?
VyprVPNoffersthreedifferentplansatdifferentpricelevels:
Their$6.67Basicplan(billedannually)allowsforonlyoneconcurrentVPNuserandonlysupportsthePPTPprotocol.Itbundlesin10GBofonlinecloudDump
Truckstoragewhichyoucanuseforphotos,videos,documentsorwhatever.
The$8.33Proplanallows2simultaneousconnections,supportforPPTP,OpenVPN,L2TP/IPSecandaproprietaryprotocoltheycallChameleon.Thefreecloud
DumpTruchstorageisuppedto25Gigabytes.
The$10.00PremiumplanissimilartotheProbutallows3connectionsandincreasesthefreecloudstorageto50GB.
Allplansprovide,unlimiteddata,usage,nobandwidththrottling,unlimitedswitchingbetweenserversand24/7support.ClientsareavailableforWindowsVista
andlater,OSX10.7andlater,iOS7andlaterandAndroid4andlater.AnolderclientisavailableforWindowsXPusers.
ThereisalsoafreeplanforiOSandAndroiduserswhichfeaturessimilarfeaturestotheProplanbuthasamonthlylimitof500MBandonlinestoreislimitedto
5GB.
Allplansareofferedona3dayCancelAnytime.RiskFreetrialthoughyouneedtoprovideyourcreditcardorPaypaldetailstostartthetrial.Threedaysisan
unusuallyshorttrialperiodwithmanyotherVPNvendorsofferingafull30days.
OtherfeaturesareafreeinbuiltNATfirewalltoimproveVPNanddevicesecurityandanaccesstothecompanysdedicatedDNSserverstoreduceDNSrelated
risks.
ThecompanysproprietaryChameleonprotocolisonlyavailableforWindows,MacandAndroidclientsandtheProandPremiumplans.Itisdesignedtobypass
restrictivefirewallssuchasthatusedbymainlandChina,Russiaandotherregimes.UsersoutsidethesecountriescanalsoderiveabenefitinthatChameleonmay
alsodefeatbandwidththrottlingincertaincircumstances.ChameleonisavariantoftheOpenVPNprotocolandworksbymixingupthepacketmetadatatodefeat
deeppacketinspection.Wewerenotabletotesttheeffectivenessofthisfeature.
VyprVPNallowstheuseofBitTorrentandP2PbutbeawaretherehavebeennumerousreportsonthewebofVyprVPNbanningparticularusersbecauseof
copyrightviolation.ConsequentallywedonotrecommendthisserviceforBitTorrentuse.
Thecompanyhasasubstantialnetworkofmorethan700serversinmorethan47countriesthroughouttheworldwithaccesspointsinsevenUScitiesandthreein
Australia.VyprVPNhasavailableover200,00IPaddressestoprovideusersIPanonymity.
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HowwelldoesthisVPNprotectyourprivacyandsecurity?
Accordingtothewebsite,VyprVPNishostedonthecompany'sownserversandusesinhousesoftware.Inprinciplethisprovidesmorecontrolandsecurity
throughlessrelianceonthirdparties,providedappropriatemanagementpracticesareinplace.
Moresignificantly,allsubscriptionstoVyprVPNincludeuseofthecompanysownDNSservers,afeaturebuiltintotheclientswhichbydefault,isturnedonat
installation.Theyclaimthatnologsarekeptfortheseservers.Ifso,thisisamostusefuladditiontoprivacyandsecurityasDNShasprovedtobeanareaof
vulnerabilityforVPNservices.OfcourseothersecureDNSsolutionssuchasDNSCryptarereadilyavailablebutVyprVPNsinbuiltzerologgingDNSthatis
turnedonatinstallationisafareasiersolutionformostusers.
Andthereareotheradvantages.UseofprivateDNSserverscanalsobypassDNSbasedwebsiteblockingandcensoringtechniquesandadditionally,provideasmall
performanceadvantageduetobettergeolocationoftheDNSserverrelativetotheVPNserver.
ThatisallfinebutIcantfindanyinformationontheirwebsiteaboutwhatlogsarekeptfortheVPNserversasopposedtotheDNSserversorindeedwhatrecords
arekeptontheserversthathouseuseraccountrecordssoIaskedformoreinformationfromVyprVPNsupport.Hereistheresponse:
Welogthetimeconnectedandamountofdatatransferred,thisismaintainedforusewithbilling,troubleshooting,serviceofferingevaluation,TOSissues,
AUPissues,andforhandlingcrimesperformedovertheservice.Wemaintainthislevelofinformationonapersessionbasisforaperiodof30days.We
maykeepupload&downloadbytesatanaggregatelevelforlongerperiodsoftime.
WhatweDoNotCollectFromVyprVPNSessions:
Beyondcountingthenumberofbytesuploadedanddownloaded,we
*Donotperformdeeppacketinspectionofyourtraffic,exceptwhererequestedbythecustomerforfirewallpurposes.
*Donotperformshallowpacketinspectionofyourtraffic,exceptwhererequestedbythecustomerforfirewallpurposes.
ThisisjustadirectliftfromthecompanysprivacypolicywhichIhadalreadyreadandwhichlefttoomanyquestionsunansweredsoIaskedtheirsupportsectiona
directquestion:DoyoulogIPsduringVPNsessionsorduringaccountcreation.Theanswerwastotallyevasiveandintheendtheywouldsaynomoreotherthan
consultourprivacypolicyatgoldenfrog.com/privacy.
WellIhadalreadyreadtheprivacypolicyandfoundnoclearcutanswers.ThatiswhyIwasaskingGoldenFrogforclarification.Notgood.
Theanonymityconcernsareheightenedfurtherbytherestrictedpaymentoptions.TouseVyprVPNyoumustsubscribetoaplanandtheonlyoptionsforpayingfor
aplanarecreditcardorPayPal,bothofwhichposesignificantrisktotheusersshouldtheGoldenFrogcorporationbeforcedbycourtordertorevealsubscriber
details.
AllthisisquiteworryingsountilwegetmoredirectanswersfromGoldenFrogIwouldhavetosaythatVyprVPNcannotbeaccuratelyratedforprivacyand
confidentiality.Insuchasensitivearea,noratingshouldbetreatedasalowratinguntilprovenotherwise.
Istheproducteasytoinstallanduse?
WeinstalledVyprVPNonWindows7,OSXYosemiteandiOS8systems.Inallcasesinstallationwassimpleandstraightforward.IntheWindowsinstall,
MicrosoftVisualC++wasinstalledautomaticallyaswellasaTAPdriver.
Theprocedurewasessentiallythesameregardlessofoperatingsystem:createanaccountbypurchasingyourplanfromtheGoldenFrogwebsitethendownloadand
installtheappropriateclienttoyourcomputerfromeithertheGoldenFrogwebsiteorApple/GoogleAppStore.InthecaseofiOSyoucancreateanaccountfrom
withintheapp.
InstallationwasstraightforwardthoughwithiOStherewastheneedtodownloadtheVPNprofileaspartoftheinstallationprocess.Thistoowasstraightforward.
TheiOSprofilewasforanIPSecconnection.
TousetheVPNyoumustfirstenterintotheclienttheusernameandpasswordyoucreatedduringsignuponthewebsite.Thatdonethefeaturesthatareavailable
dependtoontheplanyousignedupto.SoforexampleProandPremiumplanuserswillhave(withthedesktopclients)achoiceofVPNprotocolfromapulldown
menuwhiletheBasicplanuserswillnot.HeresascreenshotoftheMacclient:
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Selectingtheserveryouwantisstraightforward.Youcaneitherselectaparticularserverinaparticularcountryfromapulldownlist,orifyoujustwanttousethe
VPNforbrowsingwithanonymityandprivacyyoucanselecttheFastestServeroption.Ifyouselectaserverfromaparticularcountrythedropdownlist
providespingtimestohelpyouselectthebestserverinthatcountry.Ifallthissoundstoohard,VyprVPNcanbesetuptoconnecttoaserverautomatically.
Whateverserveryouselectyougetanicegraphshowinguploadanddownloadspeedsovertime.ThisgraphfeatureisavailableonallclientsincludingiOSand
Android.
AwiderangeofoptionsisavailablefromAppletopmenubarPreferencesintheMacversionandfromthegeariconinthetoprightoftheWindowsversion.The
optionsappeartobeverymuchthesameinbothclientssoweareonlyshowingtheMacversionhere:
TheiOSclienthasfarfeweroptionsthanthedesktopclientssoitissimpletouse.Justselectaserverfromthedropdownlistandconnect.UnlikesomeiOSVPN
clients,youcanconnectanddisconnectdirectlyfromtheappratherthanhavingtogototheiOSSettings.ThereareseparateclientsavailableforbothiPhoneand
iPad,whichwillbemuchappreciatedbyiPaduserswithakeyboardcasewhocanavoidtheneedtoturntheirheadsidewaystoreadaportraitmodescreen
designedforaniPhone.
NotethatbydefaulttheiOSclientconnectsondemand,whichmeansthattheVPNisalwaysonwheneveryouusetheinternet.Theconnectondemandfeaturecan
beturnedofffromtheiOSSettingspage.
Unlikethedesktopclients,theiOSclientsdonotallowforselectionofprotocolsitisfixedtoIPSec.GoldenFrogsproprietaryChameleonprotocolisnot
availableoniOSdevices.
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HowwelldoestheVPNperform?
WhenconfiguredtoworklocallyusingtheFastestServeroption,VyprVPNreducedourdownloadspeedbyanaverageof10.4%measuredusingspeedtest.net.
ThisisexcellentforaVPNandplacestheproductinthetopthreeproductswetested.
Thisrelativelysmallperformancehitmeansuserscancarryouttheirnormalinternetactivitieswithoutnoticingmuchdifferenceinspeedorresponse.
ForthoseconsideringusingVyprVPNforaccessingservicesthatmaynotbeavailableintheirowncountrywetestedthebandwidthbetweenSydneyAustraliaand
thebestserverlocationintheUSA.Longinternationalconnectionshaveslowerconnectionspeedsandmuchhigherpingtimesthanconnectionstolocalserversbut
evenso,wewerestillabletowatchSDmoviesfromHomeBoxOfficeandwithoutflickerornoticeablelossofquality.Therewasalsonoproblemregisteringfor
theseserviceseventhoughtheuserwasinacountrywheretheUSserviceisnotavailable.
ThisresultwasencouragingbutuserswantingtoaccessstreamingservicesinothercountriesshouldtrialVyprVPNfromtheirownlocationbeforecommittingtoa
contract.
InviewofrecentconcernsaboutDNSandIPV6vulnerabilitiesinVPNnetworks,weranaseriesoftest:
WhentestedforDNScachepoisoningathttps://www.dnsoarc.net/oarc/services/dnsentropywheretheVyprVPNDNSserversreceivedaratingofGreatfor
SourcePortandTransactionIDrandomness,anexcellentresult.ThiswastruefortheWindows,OSXandiOSclients.
ThethreeclientsalsopassedtheextendedDNSleaktestsathttps://www.dnsleaktest.com
Athttp://ipv6leak.com/allthreeclientspassedtheIPV6leaktest.
Wealsotestedhowmuchinformationisrevealedbytheusersbrowserbytestingathttp://mybrowserinfo.com.UsingGoogleChromeasourbrowsertheresultsfor
allthreeclientswerehoweverdisappointingwithalmostallavailableinformationlogged.Thisinformationcouldbeusedtofingerprintthebrowserandpotentially
identifytheuser.
Whatotherfeaturesareoffered?
VyprVPNsupportstheuseofBitTorrentandworkswiththeTornetwork.Wedidnottestthesefeaturesbutbasedoncommentsinforumsitispossibleyoumayget
bannedfromtheserviceifsomebodycomplainsyouaredownloadingcopyrightcontent.
ThefreecloudDumpTruckstoragethatisbundledinwithallplanswillbeaplustosomeusersbutwithfreecloudstoragebeingsowidelyavailablethesedays
fromMicrosoft,Googleandothers,thevalueisnotthathigh.
TheChameleonprotocolthatworksbydisguisingVPNtrafficsothatitlookslikenormalinternettraffic,willbeausefulfeatureforthoseuserswhocannot
currentlyuseaVPNbecausetheyareblockedbyfirewallssuchastheGreatFirewallofChina.
UsersofthemostrecentdesktopclientscanselecttheportsusedbytheVPN.ThisisusefulwherenormalVPNportsareblockedorthrottled.
ThebundledsecureDNSserverisdefinitelyaplusthoughsimilarservicesareavailableelsewhereforfree.
Howgoodisthesupport?
VyprVPNprovides24/7supportviaemail,onlinechatandtheprovisionofextensiveonlineresources.
Totestthesystemweusedtheironlinechatfacilitytoaskavarietyofquestions.Weweresurprisedatthespeedoftheresponse,whichwasusuallylessthan2
minutes.Generallythetonewashelpfulthoughitbecamedefensiveanddismissivewhenweaskedsomeprobingquestionsabouttheextentofdatalogging.
Thatproblemasidewedratethesupportasexcellent.
FeaturesSummary
Price $9.99Basic,14.99Probilledmonthly,$120.00/yearPremier
Refundperiod 3days
Freeversion YesbutiOSandAndroidonly
Maxconcurrentconnections 1basic,2Pro,3Premierannual
Payanonymously? Yes
Networksize 47countries55locations
BitTorrentallowed Yesbutcopyrightviolationmayresultinbanning
OwnDNSserver No
DefaultWinprotocol BasicPPPTonly,ProandPremierOpenVPN256bit
Keeplogs? No
VyprVPNWebsite:https://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn
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