Veracode, provider of the world’s leading Application Risk Management Platform, announced that OpenVPN version 2.0.9 has received their highest possible security rating. This demonstrates that OpenVPN is a secure application that has been independently evaluated for software vulnerabilities against industry standards (OWASP Top 10 and SANS-CWE Top 25).
OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load-balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other VPN technologies. (Via SOA World Magazine)
Why is this important?
The fact that OpenVPN was independently tested and received high security rating is important due to the fact many of the VPN services available on the market are using this technology. Their users can be now be more confortable to know that their data is safe and the service they use does not have security vulnerabilites.
Here are some of the VPN services that use OpenVPN technology:
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it is really a good Security Rating for Open VPN.thanks for sharing this nice and important topic..