In 2016, IPVanish was awarded the Silver Award for Startup of the Year from the Info Security PG's Global Excellence Awards and Lifehacker AU rated the service as its #1 VPN. IPVanish VPN has generally received positive reviews by online publications and industry associations, but is often recognized for being more expensive than the competition. ( July 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. The neutrality of this section is disputed. In their 2017 review of the service, IGN named IPVanish as “one of the best gaming VPNs.” During a speed test of the VPN with League of Legends, the reviewer noted a ping drop of just one millisecond. IPVanish can be used to play games that are regionally-restricted due to licensing agreements. By selecting a VPN server in a region outside of their physical position, an IPVanish user can easily access online content which was not available in their location otherwise.
Like other VPN services, IPVanish also has the ability to bypass internet censorship in most countries. Users can simultaneously connect an unlimited number of devices. IPVanish funnels the internet traffic of it users through remote servers run by the service, hiding the user's IP address and encrypting all the data transmitted through the connection. In July 2020, IPVanish removed its servers from Hong Kong, alleging that the Hong Kong national security law puts Hong Kong under the “same tight internet restrictions that govern mainland China.” IPVanish maintains its headquarters in the United States, which does not have mandatory data retention laws. The company suspended operations in Russia as of July 2016, due to conflicts with the company's zero-log policy and local law. The largest concentration of VPN servers is located in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. IPVanish owns and operates more than 1500 remote servers in over 75+ locations. IPVanish supports the AES (128-bit or 256-bit) specifications, with SHA-256 for authentication and an RSA-2048 handshake. IPVanish VPN offers several features, including: įor encryption, IPVanish uses the OpenVPN and IKEv2/ IPsec technologies in its applications, while the L2TP and PPTP connection protocols can also be configured. You can help by converting this section, if appropriate. This section is in list format but may read better as prose. The information, which allowed HSI to identify the customer, consisted of the customer's name, his email address, details of his VPN subscription, his real IP address ( Comcast) "as well as dates and times connected to, and disconnected from, the IRC network.” The logging of the customer's IP address and connection timestamps to the IRC service contradicts IPVanish's privacy policy, which states that " will never log any traffic or usage of our VPN." In 2017, IPVanish and its parent company were acquired by StackPath, and its founder and CEO, Lance Crosby, claims that "at the time of the acquisition, no logs existed, no logging systems existed and no previous/current/future intent to save logs existed." The story attracted attention on Reddit, when the court documents were posted on the /r/piracy subreddit.
The customer was suspected of sharing child pornography on an IRC network. Logging controversy Īccording to a June 2018 article by TorrentFreak, court documents have shown that IPVanish handed over personal information about a customer to the Department of Homeland Security (HSI) in 2016.
In 2019, IPVanish was one of many VPN services acquired by J2 Global with their NetProtect business.
In 2017, Highwinds Network Group was acquired by CDN company StackPath which included IPVanish as part of the acquisition. IPVanish owns roughly 90% of its points of presence ( POPs), where the company controls the data center and hardware, or "the rack and stack." Its infrastructure is leased from third-party operators in regions "where it doesn’t make sense to have our own gear," such as Albania. The VPN owns and controls a private fiber-optic network of tier-1 servers. In later years, software support was expanded to include macOS, iOS, Android, and Fire TV. The VPN service started with 32 servers and a client for Windows operating systems. IPVanish was founded in 2012 by Mudhook Media Inc., an independent subordinate of Highwinds Network Group in Orlando, Florida.
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