We are dedicated to our mission of continually safeguarding proXPN users’ privacy, and this new client for Mac OS X adds VPN Guard technology in support of this mission. VPN Guard is an optional feature which allows users to define applications that will be terminated in the event the VPN connection drops unexpectedly.

VPN Guard is available to proXPN Premium users – if you’re not yet a proXPN Premium user, either signup for a new account or upgrade today (existing users) to get VPN Guard.

As outlined in a recent Forbes article , WikiLeaks posted the “Spy Files” – which contain, among other items, alarming videos detailing how hackers can gain all of your login info to webmail, facebook, twitter, etc simply by connecting to the same wi-fi connection as the one  you’re currently using.

Using a VPN while on a Wi-Fi connection (really, when accessing any sensitive info) is a must.

You can download proXPN right now and secure your connection instantneously.

Simply put, DNS cache poisoning is where the ISP binds the wrong IP to the domain name of the blocked site on their (the ISP’s) DNS servers.

Editing your local hosts file can be an effective workaround to this problem.

To edit your hosts file, use a plain text editor – and we can’t stress this enough, so we’ll say it again – a plain text editor. Rich text editors like wordpad and word will render your hosts file unusable to your operating system. So for windows users, stick with notepad. For mac users, TextWrangler is a great, free plain text editor.

When editing your hosts file, the important thing to remember is, “IP address, tab key, domain name” – that is put the IP address on the line first, then hit the tab key, then put the domain name, like so:

111.222.111.222 somedomain.com
111.222.111.222 www.somedomain.com

Then save the file and flush your local DNS cache*

Note that for the above, there are two entries for the same domain – one with www. and one without.  This is because as far as DNS goes, these are not the same domain name (or “zone”, in geek-babblespeak).

Important points to remember

• To find the genuine IP of a site that’s blocked, Zone Edit has a great tool.
• If you’re on windows Vista or Windows 7, you’ll want to start notepad “As Administrator” – this will ensure that your changes are saved to the hosts file.
• To locate the file on windows, be sure to have “View hidden files and folders” enabled, then navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc

* On windows, flush the DNS cache by opening a command prompt and typing: ipconfig /flushdns
* On mac, flush the DNS cache by opening a terminal window and typing: dscacheutil -flushcache

Day: Monday, 2011-10-03
Time: 09:00 to 11:00 EDT (GMT -4)

During this window, we’ll be taking the site down for maintenance and upgrades. During this time, the site may experience outages where the client area and main pages of the site will be unavailable.

VPN server will not be affected, so VPN logins will not be disrupted.

We appreciate your patience.

Team proXPN

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