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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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