OpenVPN Access Server / Self-Hosted VPN (BYOL)
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The Best Option
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN is secure, easy to set up, powerfully flexible, and a great value. It performs better than several of it's competitors and does everything we need.
What do you dislike about the product?
The fact they started charging for it, but its still a great deal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Too many peopke trying to work anywhere but in the office.
Reliability and ease of use
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN has been reliable over the many years we've used it. We haven't had any issues with upgrades either!
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes we will have issues with security certificates but they are resolved quickly
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allowing people to work remotely and still maintain security around our applications without having to whitelist everyones IP individually.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Quick and easy setup makes OpenVPN a no brainer
Secure VPN for a University
What do you like best about the product?
I like the freely availability of OpenVPN client to most operating system. Also the web interface is very easy to configure.
What do you dislike about the product?
The web interface is not able to reach a top grade with Qualys SSL Server Test, and this is against our security policy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Giving University personals and students access to internal servers.
It is not like other VPN services but something more complex
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN is a very interesting software, it is not like other VPN services but something more complex, it allows me to connect remotely to my company's network securely through tunnels with SSL encryption, it also allows me to configure proxies and network access restrictions to remote workers.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing that bothers me about this software, it's very functional and secure, and it's open source and free.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows me to work from home with access to my company's servers and information, in our company there are many employees who work remotely and with this software we can create tunnels with limited access to the necessary data.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It can be modified without problems because it adapts to the needs of the programmer.
Allows you to create encrypted tunnels to remotely access a network or server.
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN is a powerful software that allows you to create encrypted tunnels to remotely access a network or server, is very useful because it allows me to access files and documents remotely and with total security that are not at risk.
What do you dislike about the product?
In the beginning it is a little complicated to learn to use it but as you work with it you start to understand it better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In my work it helps me to access from my home to documents that are only in the network of my company, I have access to important data with total security.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is an excellent software for configuring secure private connections, highly recommended.
More security and digital privacy
What do you like best about the product?
Today companies are looking for more security and digital privacy, OpenVPN is an open source encryption protocol that provides both, is powerful and flexible and is compatible with Linux, Windows and Apple, I use it to connect remotely to my company's network and configure users and accesses.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it becomes a bit slow and is a bit technical and complex for novice users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN helps me control the connections and data access in my organization, we have modified it to fit our needs and it has improved the monitoring of remote workers remarkably.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is a free service but complicated to use without prior knowledge, in a company is very useful because it offers options to configure and modify the code, but for domestic use I recommend paying for a simpler vpn service.
Best software to create VPN tunnels.
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN is the best software to create VPN tunnels, is easy to modify because it is open source and is very secure and reliable, I also like to be able to access my network from my mobile or any other device.
What do you dislike about the product?
It does not accept some proxies and is quite difficult for novices to understand.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN helps protect us from hacker intrusion and gives us access to our network remotely and work from home.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
OpenVPN is highly recommended to work remotely, very secure and open source so it can be modified without problems, it is also free and relatively easy to use.
Protects data transfers and communications.
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN is an open source software and not a VPN provider, with this software you can create encrypted virtual private network tunnels, passes completely firewalls, is very easy to use, the encryption is excellent (TSL/SSL) and protects data transfers and communications.
What do you dislike about the product?
OpenVPN does not offer a user support service which makes it difficult to solve problems even though it has a large global support community and that helps a lot.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Having a powerful 256-bit encryption helps me to keep my connections anonymous and secure, and provides webrtc protection.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is a software with high levels of security and encryption, is free and easy to use.
Very segure an easy to use.
What do you like best about the product?
Open VPN is a great VPN (Virtual Private Network) server that runs on Windows and Linux, is very popular for its security, for being an open source and because it is really very easy to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not all proxies in the world are compatible although most and sometimes latencies can be very high.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have very sensitive data on our computers and thanks to OpenVPN and its encryption we can navigate and communicate securely through the web.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Open VPN is a free software even more secure than other expensive services, is very easy to use and works with almost any proxy.
Open VPN - Create your own VPN now
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN provides us with a set of mechanisms that allows us to build a secure VPN network - it authorizes, authenticates, encrypts and ensures the integrity of the transmitted data. In addition, it protects the server (hub) against DoS attacks and the virtual network against the injection of foreign data.
+ good support in Linux, Windows and Mac, as well as the ability to advertise single routes.
+ OpenVPN offers two types of tunnels, which we use depending on specific needs: tun/tap
+ good support in Linux, Windows and Mac, as well as the ability to advertise single routes.
+ OpenVPN offers two types of tunnels, which we use depending on specific needs: tun/tap
What do you dislike about the product?
- Problem with using on some mobile devices
- Limited free license for 2 devices (license for at least 10 births can be purchased)
- The interface could be more friendly.
- Limited free license for 2 devices (license for at least 10 births can be purchased)
- The interface could be more friendly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Thanks to OpenVPN I can safely use the Internet on all devices without worrying about data leakage.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you want to create your own secure vpn, you should consider trying openvpn because it has a free license allowing you to connect to 2 devices at the same time.
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