PC Magazine - USA (2020-10)

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While VyprVPN nails basic VPN protection, it comes up short on advanced
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servers, are not available. Split-tunneling, which allows you to choose which
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WHAT VPN PROTOCOLS DOES VyprVPN OFFER?
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issues. The heir apparent to OpenVPN is WireGuard. This is a new open-source
protocol that has only just started seeing adoption in the mainstream, which
includes VyprVPN.


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macOS, and Windows. Android does not support IPSec, and Linux only
supports OpenVPN—although the company notes that WireGuard Linux
support is coming soon.


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