Monthly Archives: August 2011

VPN Protocols – Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

By salman | Published: August 17, 2011

In my upcoming series I will be throwing some light on the various VPN protocols that are being used to provide different VPN services. VPN services have popped up like crazy in last few years and it has become important for Internet users to understand the intricacies of VPN services so that they aren’t easily [...]

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Why Internet Users Must Use VPN? – Part II

By salman | Published: August 16, 2011

As promised, after my first list Why Internet Users Must Use VPN? – Part I, here goes the part 2. When I was about to start this article I was confused as to what else should I write? It looked like I had already covered everything in part I of this series. After some digging [...]

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2 Creative Ways for Using a VPN Service

By Heryzo | Published: August 15, 2011

Let’s take a very different perspective on this following article, would you? Most of the times, as a customer, you are given a plethora of choices when it comes to chosing a VPN service. But this scenario is assuming that you are already convinced that you need to have a VPN solution, which means that [...]

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Tips for Leaving No Trace When Using Someone Else’s Computer

By Heryzo | Published: August 11, 2011
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Sometimes, you may have to use someone else’s computer for browsing the internet. How do you insure that you won’t be leaving your traces when you are leaving this computer? If you are a Firefox user, most of the time, you would be using Firefox, enter your credentials for checking your e-mails, hanging out on [...]

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Google, Microsoft and Others – Going the “Extra” Mile.

By HideIP Admin | Published: August 10, 2011

This news should be very interesting to all our visitors from USA. We have learned few days ago (thanks to the H – Security) that all data stored on Google servers in Europe is easily available to the authorities in the US. This means that every single bit of information that us send and receive [...]

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Why Internet Users Must Use VPN? – Part I

By salman | Published: August 10, 2011

Lately, I have been asked questions about the importance and usage of VPN services. VPNs are a good option in cases when either your IP address is blocked or in cases when you don’t want to reveal your identity on the Internet. Let’s face it, we got to hide ourselves and our activities at some [...]

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How to Check an iPad’s IP Address

By David Gitonga | Published: August 9, 2011

If you own an iPhone, then you know that it can act as a hotspot. What is even more interesting is the fact that an iPad can connect to your iPhone and track your location. In other words, a tethered iPhone can send GPS to Wi-Fi iPad allowing you to track your location. Data can [...]

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Free VPN Service – VPN Raptor Is Cakewalk

By salman | Published: August 8, 2011
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Passing Thoughts – Worth a shot! Don’t miss this. After spending some time with Ultra VPN and VPN Reactor I had to move on and I did! Readers of this website requested me to check VPN Raptor and I must thank them for their request because VPN Raptor was surely a cakewalk once downloaded. Instead [...]

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Help, My Windows 7 Doesn’t Connect with My VPN Solution

By Heryzo | Published: August 6, 2011

Most of how-to-hide-ip.info readers are Windows 7 users. While using my VPN solution, which comes with an openVPN client, I found out that sometimes everything seems to be connecting fine: I enter my credentials, then the connection log displays with a lot of information that barely make sense to a regular user that don’t want [...]

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How to Set Up an IPSec VPN Connection

By David Gitonga | Published: August 4, 2011

The IPSec protocol suite is used to secure IP packets during an communication session. The end-to-end security that is implemented on IPSec allows for this to be implemented either in a host-to-host flow, network-to-network or in a network-to-host data flows. When implementing an IPSec VPN connection when located behind a router or when using a [...]

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