VeritasVPN Learn
Cybersecurity, explained without the spin
Clear guides on VPNs, DNS, leaks, and everyday privacy—so you can understand the risks before you buy protection.
Basics
Core ideas behind private networking.
- How does a VPN work? Step-by-step look at tunnels, encryption, handshakes, and how traffic exits to the internet.
- What is a VPN? A plain-language explanation of virtual private networks, what they protect, and what they do not.
- What is an IP address? Public vs private IPs, what they reveal, and why VPN exits change the address sites see.
- What is DNS? How the Domain Name System turns names into addresses—and who learns what you look up.
- What is encryption? Confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity—without the buzzwords that obscure the tradeoffs.
- What is WireGuard? Why WireGuard became the default modern VPN protocol—and what “simple” really buys you.
Threats & leaks
How exposure happens on the open internet.
- Can my ISP see VPN traffic? What internet providers still observe when you use a VPN—and what they usually cannot read.
- Can a VPN see your history? What VPN operators can observe by design—and how to read logging claims without wishful thinking.
- Is public Wi‑Fi safe? What attackers can and cannot do on café and hotel networks—and how a VPN changes the risk.
- What is a DNS leak? When your VPN tunnel is up but DNS queries still go to another resolver—and how to catch it.
- What is a WebRTC leak? How browsers can reveal local or public IPs through WebRTC even when a VPN is connected.
Compare
How VPNs sit next to proxies, Tor, and other tools.
Protect
Practical steps and product concepts.
- How to choose a VPN A skepticism checklist for logging claims, jurisdiction, protocols, and independent verification.
- How to secure your Wi‑Fi Practical steps to harden a home wireless network without turning your router into a science project.
- VPN logging explained Connection logs, metadata, and destination history—how to read privacy policies without wishful parsing.
- What is a VPN kill switch? Fail-closed networking that blocks cleartext paths when the tunnel drops unexpectedly.
- What is protected DNS? Filtering and encrypting DNS inside a VPN so malware and phishing names fail closed while you are connected.
- What is split tunneling? Sending some traffic through the VPN and some around it—why people want it and how it increases leak surface.
- What is Veritas Shield? DNS security layered on VeritasVPN—malware, phishing, scam, crypto, and tracker blocking with optional ads, while you are connected.
- Why VPN server location matters Latency, geoblocking, and legal context—what an exit country actually changes.