Namecheap's VPN offering

Posted by clickme_zsh on Friday November 30, 2018 @05:42AM
from the namecheap.com dept.

https://www.namecheap.com/vpn/

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by edf13 on Friday November 30, 2018 @07:58AM (#18568723)

How has this made it on to the home page?

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by LyndsySimon on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:27AM (#18570207)

I don't see why not - when Amazon releases a new product, it's usually featured here. Namecheap is one of the leading registrars, and their moving into this space is newsworthy.

I'd even say that the rise of easy-to-use VPN services is newsworthy in and of itself, as it signals a greater awareness of privacy concerns and an increasing level of sophistication for the general public.

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by clickme_zsh on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:51AM (#18569073)

I dont know, I just wanted to share the info about their new service.

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by chewzerita on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:34AM (#18568931)

There is no link to just download openvpn config files for *nix users. Does it even use openvpn?

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by clickme_zsh on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:50AM (#18569070)

They dont mention support for OpenVPN anywhere on the page, so my guess is they don't.

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by dxxvi on Friday November 30, 2018 @10:13AM (#18569627)

No OpenVPN + the price is a little bit below ok -> they will disappear soon.

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by clickme_zsh on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:02AM (#18569998)

Yeah, I mean the market is filled with VPN Service providers.

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by tapirl on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:14AM (#18568800)

It might be not a good decision for DO to provide VPN services. The reason is there are many DO users from China. Providing VPN services may cause China block all DO IPs and consequently force China users to use other hostings.

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by clickme_zsh on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:51AM (#18569075)

DO ?

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by hastaluego on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:58AM (#18569122)

I feel like maybe they thought the site was for digital ocean...?

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by clickme_zsh on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:03AM (#18570006)

Eh! Somebody didn't read the title or the article at all.

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by ykevinator on Saturday December 01, 2018 @12:16AM (#18575324)

Anyone know if namecheap is an American company?

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Re:Namecheap's VPN offering by clickme_zsh on Saturday December 01, 2018 @03:28AM (#18575897)

Yes they are an American company. Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecheap

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