Windows installation guide StrongVPN

Windows installation guide StrongVPN

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Windows installation guide StrongVPN -

You can download the Windows StrongVPN software from their website configuration page by selecting "Setup" from the main menu of the site. Then click the "StrongVPN for Windows" button. This will bring up a dialog that allows you to record the Windows client installation file on your computer. The client requires Windows XP or higher. The Client Configuration page also has manual configuration guide to configure Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 to use their service with OpenVPN, IPSec, SSTP, PPTP and L2TP.

Once the client is downloaded to your computer, right-click the file and choose "Run as administrator". The configuration will first have you select your language and accept the TOS StrongVPN. You need to choose a destination location, start menu folder, and check to create a desktop icon. This will result in an installation window like the one below left. By clicking the "Install" button will start the installation, which will end by creating a desktop icon like the one shown on the right. After it finished, you will be prompted to install the TAP driver. Once the TAP driver is installed, you will see a screen like the one below right. Click the "Finish" button to start the StrongVPN customer first.

The first time you open the client, you will see a verification page and connection similar to that shown below left. There are options to create an account or reset your password if you forget it. There you have the information in your welcome email, enter your "Email" and "Password" of it. They were seized and redacted in the image on the right below.

Once you enter your credentials, select the "Save login" so that the customer will remember your login information and you do not have to retype . Then click on the "Login" button. This will bring the client connection main screen as shown below left. This screen displays the following:

  • Your IP address we have redacted
  • VPN Status :. Disconnected followed by red StrongVPN logo
  • The client logo StrongVPN
  • options menu
    • Change the location - this allows you to manually select an individual server to connect to which we will discuss later in this review
    • Advanced -. Advanced options available to those who want more control over their VPN connections we will also discuss later
    • Help -. this will take you to the site's support page StrongVPN
    • log out -. This disconnect from the customer and reduce the tray. it will not close the client. If you log out, you will need to re-enter "email" and "password" when you log in to another location. This could be useful if you are using a shared computer
    • Exit -. This will close the StrongVPN Windows client
  • Your connected location -. in this case, Oslo, Norway
  • Your currently selected position to connect to what has been selected in the list as we have shown exploded on the right in the picture below [
  • the protocol used to connect
    • OpenVPN TCP - This is the Transport Control Protocol OpenVPN and includes error detection and correction lost packets and packet order. Because of this, it can be a bit slower, but it can also be more reliable in rural areas or over long distances
    • OpenVPN UDP -. This is the User Datagram Protocol OpenVPN and does not include the overhead of TCP and is therefore faster and is the default client StrongVPN
    • OpenVPN Proxy - .. This is useful for hiding your IP address and you will choose the applications that pass through the VPN
  • the "connect" button to connect to your VPN server chosen.

the last element of the display is the link "More" which will take you to the Blog StrongVPN. Now that we have examined the elements of the main login screen, click the "Connect" button to complete your connection to the Los Angeles location. This will bring up a screen like the one shown below. Note the following changes between the connected and disconnected a screen:

  • Your IP original was replaced by a virtual from the LA VPN server that has been redacted the image
  • VPN Status: .. is now "connected" and StrongVPN icon is now green
  • previous connection was replaced by your current Los Angeles.
  • the "Connect" button has now been replaced by the button "Disconnect".

As you can see if you accept the default values ​​provided by the client, and the connection to StrongVPN network takes only a few mouse clicks and requires no knowledge particular technique. By default, you connect to the fastest server in your chosen city from your current location. Now let us take a look at how you change your place in the StrongVPN client. To change location, you must first disconnect from the network. The image below shows the system tray messages that indicate that you are connected to the first LA server then disconnected. Note the color changes connected icon (green) than offline (red).

For those who want more control over your VPN connection, StrongVPN a "Change Location" menu item that allows you to change your protocol and your location. When you click the "Change Location" menu item, you will see a screen like the one below

This screen has two options on it :. "By country" and "Per Server". These two selections are shown in the image below. The first shows the selection by country and by the second server.

below illustrates how, by country, the recommended option works The first screenshot. First, choose a country from the drop down list. Then select a protocol type. PPTP was selected in the example below. You then click on "Test all servers" and wait. Be aware, it can take up to 20 minutes for the test to complete depending on the number of VPN servers, it checks for a given country. Once that completes the best server will be displayed just below the "Test All servers" button. We redacted server names that review. You can then click on the "Next" button to start the server switch.

The second picture above shows a sample of the selection by the server. First, you must select a country and a city from their respective drop-down lists. Then choose a protocol type. PPTP is selected in this example. You can then choose to test a particular server or all servers by either clicking on the "Test of the selected server" or the button "All Test". You can then sort the results by ping time (ms) and flow ( KB / s). Consider the above example, you can select the second server that has a time slightly higher ping, but much better than the rate of other servers. once you highlight your server choice click the "Next" button to display the operation screen.

the switching screen is shown below on the left is the same regardless of the method you choose to change servers VPN. Click the "Switch" button on this screen to start the server change and process change to your chosen server. This procedure is illustrated in the image below right. the server names have been redacted. the last image says "Change account ###### server1 to server2 as a prototype example.

Once the account server change process is complete, you will see a message telling you that the server change was successful, then the client connection main screen will as shown below. The server automatically selected by using the country selection is now shown that the server log when you click "Connect." By default, the client connects using SSTP, but you can change it for PPTP or L2TP if you want using the drop down list as shown below. Once you've settled on the protocol you want to use and click the "Connect" button to complete your connection to the new server.

Now let us take a look at the Advanced menu item. By clicking on "Advanced" to open the Options menu has five tabs as shown below. The five tabs are :.

  • Information - It contains into account, the system and session information for the current session
  • Options - This has all the connection options for the customer
  • log -. This is a log of the stages of the connection procedure and may be useful to help diagnose connection problems. A copy of it should be included in the notes you create for connection problems to help diagnose StrongVPN staff and solve your problem quickly
  • Port List -. This is a list of all ports that customers can use with the ability to add your own. Having access to multiple ports the VPN Service to bypass blocked or restricted ports and always transfer all of its traffic.
    • Port 53 -. The Domain Name Service (DNS) default port
    • 123 Port - The port (NTP) Network Time Protocol, which is used for time synchronization
    • Port 268 -. That the port assigned to Tobit David Replica
    • Port 443 -. This is the default port for HTTPS, a secure Internet
    • Port 500 - Port 500 is used by Exchange Internet Key (IKE) that occurs during the setting up secure VPN tunnels
    • Port 518 - .. This is the port or Ntalk New Talk that makes possible the transmission of a computer datagram message to an application running on another computer
    • Port 547 -. This is the DHCP server port for IPv6 and allows a datagram message (UDP) to be transmitted from one computer to another
    • 812 Port - This is a port unassigned [
    • Port 1029 -. This port is designated for dynamic allocation by Windows
    • Port 1289 -. This is the JWalkServer harbor
    • Port 2672 - This is the port nhserver which, when used with UDP datagram allows the transmission of messages between computers
    • Port 8181 -. . This is mainly a port used by the TCP protocol for bi-directional messages once the connection has been established between the devices
    • Port 8292 - This is a registered port Bloomberg Professional
    • Port 5522 -. This is a non assigned port
    • Port 3306 - .. This is the port used by MySQL and uses TCP
  • license -. It contains the user license agreement End StrongVPN and other licenses used by the customer

now, we'll look in more detail we Extras tab. The image above shows that the Options tab looks protocol according to the preferences you selected. The first shows the options when PPTP / L2TP / SSTP is the chosen protocol. Notice, he treats it as if no account exists OpenVPN. The second image shows the options that are available if your preference is OpenVPN protocol. The options are divided into the following sections:

  • General - This contains general startup preferences and protocol preferences.
    • Display notifications in the taskbar - This is what allowed you to see the connect and disconnect messages that we saw earlier in this section
    • Check for updates automatically. - this can ensure that you always have the latest version of the customer
    • Start at Windows startup - .. Start the client when connecting to Windows
    • connect the launch - If Windows starts startup is set so it allows you to automatically connect the last connection or no connection. This will attempt to always be connected to the VPN when using the Internet unless the connection drops
    • Protocol preference -. This allows you to manually select the VPN protocol. Note that you must first apply and save the new settings. They will be applied the next time you use the client to connect.
      • Package Tier -. This will default OpenVPN now with the new single-tier
      • OpenVPN - This will let you choose between these three connection settings.
        • OpenVPN TCP - It's transfer control protocol and is good for high latency connections and those that can not tolerate packet loss. It provides the packet order error control and loss and retransmits packets to correct. This is usually slower due to the extra burden involved in this process. It would not be ideal for streaming
        • OpenVPN UDP -. This is the User Datagram Protocol that is used with low-latency connections and losses tolerate. This is the default protocol for OpenVPN client and better for most users. It does not have to check the order of packets or loss
        • OpenVPN Proxy - .. This is mainly used for users in China and Iran, but could also deliver faster speeds depending other parameters OpenVPN streaming
      • PPTP / L2TP / SSTP - This will allow you to use these other protocols to connect to the network using the StrongVPN client.
        • PPTP -. Not as safe as OpenVPN but can be faster and maybe a good choice for streaming media
        • L2TP - This provides a good alternative choice to OpenVPN if SSTP will not work but can be slower due to the double encapsulation
        • SSTP -. A Microsoft proprietary protocol designed primarily for Windows. It is fast, secure and reliable. This is the default client protocol if your preference is PPTP / L2TP / SSTP.
  • OpenVPN (Global) - Contains global settings of OpenVPN. We recommend not to change Max MSS, Timeout, compression, or the Log verbosity settings unless asked by StrongVPN technical support staff.
    • Allow direct traffic during reconnection -
      • If this option is checked, it will allow the normal Internet traffic if the VPN connection drops. This may be convenient, but remember this will expose your real IP address to the Internet.
      • Disabling it will kill the normal Internet traffic if the OpenVPN connection drops. This is the implementation of a StrongVPN kill Internet switch to the OpenVPN protocol.
  • OpenVPN (account-specific) - It contains the OpenVPN preferences for your specific account number. We recommend that you not change your account number, Fragment, Mssfix, or MTU unless otherwise StrongVPN by technical support staff. These further parameters have to do with packet fragmentation that can slow the VPN connection.
    • Scramble - The Interference option adds an additional layer of complexity to the VPN connection between the client OpenVPN and the OpenVPN server, which makes it more likely for VPN pass through the unhindered network. This can help stop the techniques of deep packet inspection used for censorship.
      • Off -. Do not scramble
      • Password -. A string (word) will be used to perform an operation simple XOR on the payload of the packet
      • Xorptrpos - It performs an XOR operation, using the current position in the payload packets
      • reverse - .. This reverses all packet data
      • Obfuscate - It uses a mixture of the above three methods is the safest.
    • Protocol -. This allows you to choose between TCP or UDP IP transport protocol by default we talked about above in protocol preferences
    • Encryption - This will allow you to choose the algorithm and the strength of the encryption used for your VPN connections.
      • Disabled -. No encryption that might be good for streaming media where speed and no security is your primary concern
      • BF CBC - It uses Blowfish Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) as an alternative to AES. This is a secure algorithm and was one of the vice-champions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) competition
      • AES-128 CBC -. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is the NIST selected encryption protocol used by the US government for secret documents. This uses an AES-128 CBC with a 128-bit key and provide the best performance for most uses
      • AES-192 CBC -. It uses AES-192 CBC with a 192-bit key to provide greater. Security
      • AES-256 CBC -. it uses AES-256 CBC with a 256-bit key to provide greater security, but at the expense of speed
  • PPTP / L2TP / SSTP (global) - this contains the global settings for this preference protocol.
    • Allow direct traffic during reconnection -
      • If this option is checked, it will allow the normal Internet traffic if the VPN connection drops. This may be convenient, but remember this will expose your real IP address to the Internet.
      • Disabling it will kill the normal Internet traffic if the OpenVPN connection drops. This is the implementation of a StrongVPN kill VPN switch to these connection protocols
    • HMAC authentication (TSL-auth) -. Enabling this will keep protecting you against active attacks such as (MitM) attacks called Man-in-the-Middle, because it ensures that you are actually talking to a StrongVPN server and not an impostor. We recommend that you keep allowing
  • Diagnostics
    • "Reinstall Tap Driver" - button. This will allow you to correct the corrupt Tap drivers that sometimes occurs when using VPN
    • "Force Update Check" button - .. This allows you to check for updates immediately

the final components of the tab are options for buttons, Discard or save your new preferences

Here are some of the terminals as well as some comments encryption settings to their subject

  • maximum protection -. AES-256 / HMAC enabled: This is for those who want maximum security for their data and can accept the loss of extra speed
  • by registered fault protection - AES-128 / HMAC allowed :. This provides the best balance between speed and protection and thus the desired setting for most users
  • Risky - AES-128 / HMAC off: .. This configuration is susceptible to MitM active attacks
  • All Speed ​​No security - None / HMAC disabled: This is susceptible to both active and passive attacks from external parties (hackers). You might as well not have a VPN just like your IP is hidden. This should only be used to bypass geographic restrictions.

The StrongVPN Windows client built into the kill switch for those who want to protect themselves against their real IP appearing on the Internet if the VPN connection drops. This is a nice feature not included in the software of most providers. It is easy to install for those who have less technical knowledge. StrongVPN default connection will let you use their VPN servers with just a few mouse clicks.

Those who want more control over their VPN connections will be happy because they have manual options for the general start on the client, protocol connection and encryption algorithms and strength. For those who still want more control, you can even change the VPN packets to guard against packet fragmentation that can slow down your connection. All that is needed to connect to one of their VPN servers is to select the location from the dropdown list and click the login button.

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