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What's the difference between the PPTP VPN and OpenVPN?

Category: Support-FAQ, General, PPTP VPN, OpenVPN / Views: 2853

Both are functionally the same, in that they both are a Virtual Private Network. As far as anonymity, both offer encryption and they hide your IP address. Put each (PPTP VPN and openVPN) in your favorite search engine and you can see the technical differences. The PPTP VPN was a standard for many years but is not being implemented as much with other protocols that are now available such as IPSEC and of course openVPN. We still offer it as a way to connect because some prefer it over other connection methods, and you can set up the connection with no software at all.

openVPN is an open-source VPN solution that has many options for connecting, including several open-source gui-options. openVPN is considered to be extremely secure when compared to the PPTP VPN, and also more stable. It is a little more difficult to set up, but we have documentation available on our setup page to assist you with the connection.

 
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