Another audit, same result - Mullvad proven secure and log-free in latest audit check
Another audit, same result - Mullvad proven secure and log-free in latest audit check
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A penetration test is not an audit and does not provide any such assurance that logs are not retained. The goal of a penetration test is to penetrate via vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, not validate public logging claims about a service
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The audit covered every public-facing component of Mullvad’s online presence, including the website, the Tor-only Onion service, the rsync setup, and the internal content management system (CMS). Each of these elements was examined for common attack vectors, misconfigurations, or any signs of hidden data collection.
I believe checking the "internal content management system (CMS)" is what they are using to say there were no logs.
They linked a more detailed report in the article, but I didn't look at it. It may contain something different than my takeaway from the article.
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The content management interface for the Mullvad VPN web application is a Django ap- plication that allows content administrators to manage the blog, help guides and similar articles.
Doesn't look like the CMS is anything to do with the VPN service itself.
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Your belief is wrong. That is not what a penetration test does. They are looking at it from the outside.
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Ah, Mullchad. The best VPN for those who don't need port forwarding.
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Still on PIA despite the sketchy history just for that feature.
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OVPN also has port forwarding and are pretty transparent.
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Im in a similar situation, using protonvpn. CEO has unsavory political views but the service has been fantastic
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I wish they would make a flatpak
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If you're using an immutable distro, you can still use mullvad. I've had no problem if I download the rpm (I'm on Bazzite), and install it as a local package. Only annoying thing is that I have to manually update it, but it's really not hard.
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