OpenVPN Inc.

Host your own VPN server w/ Access Server or go the managed route w/ CloudConnexa - perfect for SMB (or personal use), free to start (& fun to use!)

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

It's true! Use our free tier to host your own VPN server.

You can even save the money on a VPS if you have a Raspberry Pi or something that can run Linux lying around. Host it all yourself.

[Ihtesham Ali @ihtesham2005]

NordVPN charges $13/month.
ExpressVPN charges $15/month.
Surfshark charges $11/month.

Someone open sourced the VPN daemon that powers all of them for $0. And it's been running in production for 20+ years.

It's called OpenVPN.

Here's what most people don't know:

Every commercial VPN you've ever paid for is just a pretty interface on top of open source software anyone can run.

OpenVPN is the actual engine.

Military-grade AES-256 encryption. The same tunneling protocol enterprise networks and governments use to move sensitive data.

You don't rent it. You own it.

→ Run it on any $5/month VPS and you have a private VPN server nobody controls but you
→ Works on Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and routers
→ No logs. No company collecting your browsing data. No trust required.
→ Configure it in 15 minutes with one script
→ Zero third parties between you and the internet

The commercial VPN business model is simple. Take open source software. Wrap it in an app. Charge you $13/month forever.

OpenVPN is what they're charging you for.

13.2K stars. GPL-2.0. 100% Opensource.

https://t.co/4cjG5r0rDO

Self hosted: https://t.co/G6zOw9NE0K

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Self-hosted VPN on AWS, Azure, or GCP. No SSH. No manual DNS. No certificate warnings.

Introducing Access Server Link — deploy OpenVPN Access Server from your browser in minutes, keep full control of your data plane.

→ https://t.co/hS6S8kEw2D

#OpenVPN #SelfHostedVPN #AWS #Azure #GCP #BusinessVPN

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

BREAKING: Tata Electronics confirms breach. World Leaks claims 630 GB published — Apple circuit board specs, Tesla "TRADE SECRET" Model 3 and Model Y blueprints, employee passports.

This week in cybersecurity: https://t.co/qvLBWV3nao

#DataBreach #Ransomware

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

One security policy for every business trip? That’s not a framework — that’s a coin flip.

Tier your risk. Tier your controls. Complimentary Gartner® report inside ↓
https://t.co/lnXeqBOdKp

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

73,000+ working Fortinet FortiGate VPN credentials. Cracked. Circulating. Right now.

The FortiBleed campaign didn't require a new vulnerability. A Russian-speaking threat group ran 1.16 billion authentication attempts against internet-facing FortiGate appliances, intercepted SSL VPN authentication hashes, and cracked them with a 45-GPU cluster. The resulting database — covering AT&T, Chevron, Siemens, Samsung, and government agencies across 194 countries — is now in criminal hands.

If you're running a FortiGate SSL VPN and haven't reset credentials and terminated active sessions, this week's post explains exactly why you need to do so today.

https://t.co/0zKQ7iMAXI

#FortiNet #VPNSecurity #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #OpenVPN

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

45% of AI-generated code introduces OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. CVEs from AI code jumped from 6 in January to 35 in March.

Build-time review isn't enough anymore. Our CEO @FrancisDinha, new in @Forbes: https://t.co/uVgZT060Gb

#AISecurity #RuntimeSecurity #Cybersecurity

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

North Korea poisoned 144 @mastra AI npm packages in 88 minutes — via one forgotten contributor account. Payload: credentials, API keys, 166 crypto wallet extensions. Microsoft + Socket confirmed it.

Full breakdown: https://t.co/68OeidQKMl

#Cybersecurity #SupplyChain

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Full route mode. True site-to-site. This is how it's done. 🔁

Bobby from @LinuxhintTeam breaks down the Access Server route mode switch on AWS.

#OpenVPN #SiteToSiteVPN #AWS

🎬 https://t.co/IymbYCUHPc
📖 https://t.co/JiZHLTRAxQ

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How DCO pulls this off: https://t.co/mmcPoh9m15

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Is OpenVPN slow? Not with DCO. Home Network Guy’s test: ~2x download, ~4x upload, upload parity with WireGuard®, and far lower CPU usage.

His verdict: https://t.co/QADZj5NkYD

#OpenVPN #DCO

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

"We'll lock it down later" is how AWS misconfigurations become headlines.

IAM hygiene, MFA on root, roles over keys — none of it is complicated. It's just the stuff that gets skipped.

Here's the checklist: https://t.co/wbOVWgClw4

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Secure access shouldn’t slow you down.

Access Server helps teams connect quickly and work efficiently.

👉 https://t.co/G1TaozHVkt  

#SecureConnectivity #VPN #Productivity

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

400+ Arch Linux AUR packages were hijacked to deliver a Rust credential stealer targeting SSH keys, GitHub tokens, Slack sessions, Docker creds, and cloud keys. If you built an AUR package after June 11, check it now.

https://t.co/31uQwoSdVJ

#SupplyChain #ArchLinux

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

@davood309 GREAT idea, I'll pass it along to the team.

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

It's true! Use our free tier to host your own VPN server.

You can even save the money on a VPS if you have a Raspberry Pi or something that can run Linux lying around. Host it all yourself.

[Ihtesham Ali @ihtesham2005]

NordVPN charges $13/month.
ExpressVPN charges $15/month.
Surfshark charges $11/month.

Someone open sourced the VPN daemon that powers all of them for $0. And it's been running in production for 20+ years.

It's called OpenVPN.

Here's what most people don't know:

Every commercial VPN you've ever paid for is just a pretty interface on top of open source software anyone can run.

OpenVPN is the actual engine.

Military-grade AES-256 encryption. The same tunneling protocol enterprise networks and governments use to move sensitive data.

You don't rent it. You own it.

→ Run it on any $5/month VPS and you have a private VPN server nobody controls but you
→ Works on Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and routers
→ No logs. No company collecting your browsing data. No trust required.
→ Configure it in 15 minutes with one script
→ Zero third parties between you and the internet

The commercial VPN business model is simple. Take open source software. Wrap it in an app. Charge you $13/month forever.

OpenVPN is what they're charging you for.

13.2K stars. GPL-2.0. 100% Opensource.

https://t.co/4cjG5r0rDO

Self hosted: https://t.co/G6zOw9NE0K

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Your server. Your data. Your rules. Rich from @2GuysTek on why complete control is the case for self-hosting your VPN with Access Server.

Full review: https://t.co/uwkyJ00Ei6

#SelfHosted #VPN

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

A China-nexus group called Velvet Ant hid in an air-gapped network for 10 years by backdooring PAM modules and OpenSSH — not the perimeter, the authentication stack. Sygnia found 9 distinct pam_unix.so variants.

https://t.co/HqfjL2iWdv

#CyberEspionage #Linux

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

CloudConnexa assigns different split tunneling policies per User Group — default-secure for finance, performance-first for engineering, and restricted access for contractors. No one-size-fits-all compromise.

https://t.co/N3IzUYyYGm

#OpenVPN #CloudConnexa

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Microsoft's record Patch Tuesday (200+ CVEs) patched six zero-days — then an unpatched Defender PoC called RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-47281) dropped the same afternoon. SYSTEM access on fully patched Win10/11.

https://t.co/DWCakBfTmm

#PatchTuesday #Windows

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Zero Trust ≠ complicated. 🔐

Sean walks through SSO group mapping + Zero Trust controls in CloudConnexa. Clean setup. Strong access control.

#OpenVPN #ZeroTrust #CloudConnexa #SSO

Watch:  https://t.co/ZqmCpRcHF0

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

Cisco SD-WAN zero-day (CVE-2026-20245) under active attack — no patch available. Mandiant flagged it from a live incident. It's the 7th SD-WAN zero-day exploited in 2026.

https://t.co/g0LP4GENqG

#Cisco #ZeroDay #Cybersecurity

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What DCO does + benchmarks, explained: https://t.co/mmcPoh9m15

[OpenVPN Inc. @OpenVPN]

“Is OpenVPN slow?” Home Network Guy decided to find out — testing OpenVPN without DCO, with DCO enabled, and WireGuard® head-to-head.

Full test: https://t.co/w6Riu6BXv5 #OpenVPN #DCO