VPN section update

[I-I-IT]

Affected page

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn

Description

1) Servers number update

Proton VPN now has 5 free servers (Netherlands, Japan, Romania, Poland, US), not 3. They have servers in 91 countries for paid users.

IVPN still has 37 countries.

Mullvad now has 41 countries.

2) ipv6 innacuracy

Mullvad allows you to access services hosted on IPv6, as opposed to other providers which block IPv6 connections

However, IVPN has ipv6 support, even better than Mullvad (as it is a simple toggle and not hidden in settings),
ProtonVPN doesn't have it yet.

We should change it to

Mullvad and IVPN allows you to access services hosted on IPv6, as opposed to ProtonVPN which block IPv6 connections.*

*Proton VPN ipv6 is in beta.

Sources

https://protonvpn.com/free-vpn/server
https://protonvpn.com/vpn-servers
https://ivpn.net/status
https://mullvad.net/en/servers
https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/zf5b79/were_testing_ipv6_on_our_servers_and_we_need_your/k91rs49/

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[rollsicecream]

For the servers update, you're right about Proton VPN's server number but for Mullvad and IVPN, I actually made a PR fixing that here :

#2445

[jonaharagon]

As far as I can tell, Mullvad is the only one which allows you to connect from an IPv6 network, which is what the section on our website refers to.

The behavior you're seeing at IVPN is the opposite (allows IPv4 users to connect to IPv6 sites), so we're talking about two different things here. I don't think any changes need to be made.

[kimg45]

For the servers update, you're right about Proton VPN's server number but for Mullvad and IVPN, I actually made a PR fixing that here :

#2445

Seems the server count has gone up for ProtonVPN since the last PR and even since this issue was opened. I honesty question the need to keep a server count on PG since it's just going to be continuously out of date.

[jonaharagon]

Apparently we don't anymore, but I could have sworn at one point we simply said "91+ Countries" to avoid that problem (so that as long as the count doesn't drop, updating it is not a priority).

Switching (back) to that would be my preference, personally.

[kimg45]

I would just link to their server page and not worry about it. The number of countries isn't even really important, if you're looking for a specific country then you'd still have to go check anyway.

[I-I-IT]

About ipv6. Jonah I see what you mean. But I believe the wording make it look like something else : (My Phrasing is bad and can be improved.) Mullvad allows you to \*\*access services hosted on IPv6\*\*, as opposed to other providers which block IPv6 connections. In my view it should be something like Mullvad Mullvad allows connection to their VPN servers from devices, network or servers that only use ipv6, as opposed to other providers which deny such connections. IVPN: IVPN block connection to their VPN serversfrom devices, networks or servers that only use ipv6, but it does give you the option to use the VPN in ipv6 mode, allowing you to connect to sites that only accept ipv6 (very rare). Proton: Proton VPN has no support for ipv6, wheter for incoming connections to their servers or outcoming connections to websites. Again, wording can be improved to make it easier to understand.

[kimg45]

I think I worded it to be accurate now. I think the main thing people want is to be able to access IPv6 services from the VPN not necessarily to connect to the VPN from an IPv6 address. So I think it makes sense to list it as a feature with a disclaimer that you can't connect from an IPv6 address.

[I-I-IT]

What change did you made ?

[kimg45]

You can check on my PR. basically I just specified that you can't connect to IVPN from a device with an IPv6 address but you can get an IPv6 address from IVPN

[I-I-IT]

Checked, that's great !