{"id":267,"date":"2015-02-19T22:40:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T22:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tedstechshack.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2015-03-24T19:42:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T19:42:39","slug":"openvpn-technical-guide-and-vpn-provider-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tedstechshack.com\/2015\/02\/19\/openvpn-technical-guide-and-vpn-provider-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenVPN Technical Guide and VPN Provider Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"
In 2001, when James Yonan released OpenVPN under the open source GPL license, few people outside of the corporate, government, or techie culture knew much about VPNs. In the 14 years since its initial release OpenVPN has grown to be a dominant player in the VPN market.<\/p>\n
As open source software, the source code is available for peer review by anyone, which has proven in other projects such a GnuPG or PGP to create a much more secure product. Being open source also allows the world community to contribute to the code base, often increasing innovation.<\/p>\n