"RoS discovered a number of new findings, and we would like to thank them for their thorough and detailed report. They stated , amongst other things that: that whilst they found some issues, that: “The Mullvad VPN relays which were the subject of this test showed a mature architecture…” and “During the test we found no logging of user activity data…”
Shame that they removed port forwarding, I’ll definitely stick with them if it’s not the case.
Whats so important about port forwarding on a VPN? Genuinely ignorant here.
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If you’re doing a P2P related activity over a VPN (or otherwise), port forwarding is very important for improving speed or enabling the service at all. That’s because your router blocks incoming traffic from certain ports by default, ports that will be used with a P2P connection. To get around this, you can ‘forward’ a port that can be used for said P2P activity, letting your router know that the traffic you expect to see from a specific port should be let through.
You can simply leave port forwarding to your personal router, but if you want to stay anonymous while participating in P2P connections, then you’ll want to use a VPN service. If a VPN service doesn’t utilize port forwarding, then any P2P connections you use will either be straight up impossible, or very slow. For example, you wanted to host a gaming server without giving away your actual IP address, then a VPN with port forwarding is desirable. The same can be said for torrenting.
Jeez is this why my torrents slowed down to a crawl lately? I’m on Mullvad and wasn’t aware they removed port forwarding, or even really what port forwarding is until now.
Oh dang. Was about to jump to Mullvad for that exactly. Sorry to hear it.
can’t personally vouch but AirVPN still has PF if you need it.
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Where did you move to?
Airvpn - was the only suitable alternative. I miss mullvad but it works and unlimited port forwarding.
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What do you use port forwarding for out of interest? I’m using mullvad and it hasn’t come up for me, but I don’t understand the use case.
I’ve only ever had to use port forwarding for gaming servers. In most other cases I’ve found better options
I’ve been using Mullvad on PC/android for years… Even since the port forwarding has been removed I still use it. Been considering Proton though.
Anyone here use Proton(free or paid)? How is it?
Oh shit, I missed that they axed the port forwarding. Good thing I already set up alternate tunnels.
They offer -10% on Monero!
Great product!
just switched to proton to save some cash but Mullvad have been great for years
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Who?
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Asked?
