Why VPS is related to VPN service?

Common problems and solutions with using VPN on a VPS are:

Loosing connection

If you loose connection to your VPS  or can't access it when the connection to our VPN service has been made, this happens because its IP changes and it's not accessible through it's old IP anymore.
You can then only connect to it using the VPN IP. It's recommended to setup a dynamic DNS host, like from no-ip.org or dyndns.org. Then you can connect to the static dyndns hostname (like myvps.no-ip.org) instead of the changing IP.
Necessary steps:
1. Register a Dynamic DNS host @ http://www.no-ip.org
2. Download the No-IP client for your operating system, install and configure it for your DNS host
3. Now the DynDNS-client will automatically refresh your hostname (e.g. myhost.no-ip.org) with your current IP.
4. When connecting now to your VPS, connect to the hostname instead of its IP.

• For more info about dynamic DNS services, see our article Dynamic DNS

Insufficient privileges

When experiencing problems with installing/connecting to our HMA Pro VPN service from VPS, make sure you have administrator privileges, and installing unsigned drivers is allowed.
Besides using our HMA Pro VPN client for Windows, you can also

- try our alternative client -> http://hidemyass.com/openvpn
- create a manual PPTP connection ( http://newmastervpn.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-create-pptp-connection-on.html / http://vpn.hidemyass.com/vpncontrol/pptp/xp.html )
All available connection methods and instructions for various devices and operating systems can be found through the article Connection Instructions.

Settings on the host machine

For having VPN connections working correctly on virtual machines, there are certain settings required on the host machine.
When having connection problems that can't be fixed, contact your server hosters support to check if all requirements for using VPN have been met.

Summer Vacation Special from HMA!

HMA has offered amazing news; for the whole of August as the company is running a ‘Summer Vacation Special’ where all of their VPN packages will be discounted.

During the last holiday sale, 12 month package from HMA aka HideMyAss VPN had received tremendous responses from their users, and it has certainly inspired the marketing team of HMA to go with the Discount offer again for this summer! Being a regular VPN user, this will be a great opportunity, especially those who look for a long term usage of VPN service.               

Duration of summerspecial offer from HMA

This special offer will remain until 31^st august. So what are you waiting for? You must check all the suitable VPN packages until the sale finishes! It’s a great opportunity for sure as you can reduce the service charge in a big amount!

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How to setup PPTP for Android of HMA!

Android instructions

On this page you will find setup instructions for setting up PPTP on your Android OS.

1. Create a new VPN connection

Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings. Tap Wireless & networks and then tap VPN settings.

Tap Add VPN.

Select PPTP VPN.

Login to your control panel http://vpn.hidemyass.com and navigate to your PPTP page to find server details. Fill in VPN details such as VPN name, VPN server, etc. Remember your PPTP password is different and shown in your control panel.

2. Connecting to the VPN

Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings (figure 2 above)
The VPN connections you have added are now listed
Tap the VPN you wish to connect to
A dialog box will open asking for your credentials, enter them and touch connect
When connected to a VPN, you will see an ongoing notification in the Status bar on your HTC Desire. If you should get disconnected, you will receive a notification and an option to go back to the VPN settings.

3. Connecting to the VPN

Simply open the notifications panel at the top of the screen on your HTC Desire and click on the VPN notification, then tap disconnect.

How to Setup PPTP for HP TouchPad of HMA!

HP TouchPad instructions

On this page you will find setup instructions for setting up PPTP on your HP TouchPad.

1. Install the "PPTP VPN Plugin"

Navigate to HP App Catalog and search for "PPTP VPN Plugin", then install it.

2. Add VPN Profile

Navigate to HP Launcher and to the "SETTINGS" panel and tap the "VPN" icon

Tap "Add profile"

Select "PPTP" from "CONNECTION TYPE"
Login to http://hidemyass.com/vpn and navigate to your PPTP page to find server details.
Enter a server IP address into the "VPN SERVER" field, tap "Next".

Now you need to enter your username and PPTP password (this can be found on the PPTP page your PTTP password is different to your VPN account password) within this screen, ensure only "MSCHAPv2" is checked within authentication methods.

Hit connect... you should now be connected.
If successful, a tick should be adjacent to the profile name and a little VPN icon in the top right corner.

What is OpenSSL VPN?

OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols. The core library, written C programming language, implements the basic cryptographic functions and provides various utility functions. Wrappers allowing the use of the OpenSSL library in a variety of computer languages are available.
in the

Versions are available for most Unix-like operating systems (including Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X and the various open source BSD operating systems), OpenVMS and Microsoft Windows. IBM provides a port for the System i (OS/400). OpenSSL is based on SSLeay by Eric A. Young and Tim Hudson, development of which unofficially ended around December 1998, when Young and Hudson both started to work for RSA Security.

FIPS 140-2 compliance

As of December 2012, OpenSSL is one of two open source programs to be involved with validation under the FIPS 140-2 computer security standard by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP). (OpenSSL itself is not validated, but a component called the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module, based on OpenSSL, was created to provide many of the same capabilities).
A certificate was first awarded in January 2006 but revoked in July 2006 "when questions were raised about the validated module’s interaction with outside software." The certification was reinstated in February 2007.

Licensing

OpenSSL is "dual licensed" under the OpenSSL License and the SSLeay License. The OpenSSL License is Apache License 1.0 and SSLeay License is a 4-clause BSD License. The common usage of the term dual-license is that the user may pick which license they wish to use. However, OpenSSL documentation uses the term dual-license to mean that both licenses apply.

As the OpenSSL License is Apache License 1.0, but not Apache License 2.0, it requires the phrase This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/) to appear in advertising material and any redistributions (Sections 3 and 6 of the OpenSSL License). Due to this restriction, the OpenSSL License and the Apache License are incompatible with the GPL. Some GPL developers have added an OpenSSL exception to their licenses specifically allowing OpenSSL to be used with their system. GNU Wget and climm both use such exceptions. Some packages (like Deluge) explicitely modify the GPL license by adding an extra section at the beginning of the license documenting the exception. Other packages use the LGPL licensed GnuTLS which performs the same task.

Vulnerability in the Debian implementation

In order to keep a warning from being issued by the Valgrind analysis tool, a maintainer of the Debian distribution applied a patch to the Debian implementation of the OpenSSL suite, which inadvertently broke its random number generator in the process. The broken version was included in the Debian release of September 17, 2006 (version 0.9.8c-1). Any key generated with the broken random number generator, as well as data encrypted with such a key, was compromised. The error was reported by Debian on May 13, 2008.
On the Debian 4.0 distribution (etch), these problems were fixed in version 0.9.8c-4etch3 and for the Debian 5.0 distribution (lenny), these problems were fixed in version 0.9.8g-9.

What is IPsec VPN?

Short for IP Security, a set of protocols developed by the IETF to support secure exchange of packets
IPsec supports two encryption modes: Transport and Tunnel. Transport mode encrypts only the data portion (payload) of each packet, but leaves the header untouched. The more secure Tunnel mode encrypts both the header and the payload. On the receiving side, an IPSec-compliant device decrypts each packet.
at the IP layer. IPsec has been deployed widely to implement Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

For IPsec to work, the sending and receiving devices must share a public key. This is accomplished through a protocol known as Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol/Oakley (ISAKMP/Oakley), which allows the receiver to obtain a public key and authenticate the sender using digital certificates.

Internet Protocol security (IPsec) uses cryptographic security services to protect communications over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. IPsec supports network-level peer authentication, data origin authentication, data integrity, data confidentiality (encryption), and replay protection.
IPsec is implemented into all newer versions of Microsoft Windows.

How to setup Mac PPTP connection

Import preconfigured PPTP/L2TP connection

You can now also just download a .zip file, which contains a preconfigured PPTP and L2TP connection. You can just import them to your network center by doubeclicking: http://hmastuff.com/HMA_Mac_PPTP_L2TP.zip Of course you still need to enter your VPN account username, PPTP password and enter the IP of the  VPN server you want to connect to. Alternatively, create the PPTP connection manually as explained below ->

How to create a manual PPTP connection on Mac This tutorial will explain how to create a manual PPTP connection on Mac, in case you don't want to use our client. It has been made on Mac OS Leopard on a virtual machine, so excuse me if it should be a little different on your machine. Click on the Apple icon, then on "System preferences"  Click on "Network" in the "Internet & Network" department The network center appears. Do not change anything here yet. Click on the "+" at the bottom left of this window.  Here, click on the Up+Down arrows, right next to the interface selection. You need to select "VPN" here.  In this tutorial we want to create a PPTP connection. If you want to create a L2TP connection, see this tutorial: Mac L2TP Connection Setup  In "Service Name", enter anything you want. This is just the name for the connection. It will make it easier to select a connection, if you have multiple of those. I use "HMA VPN". If you also want to create a L2TP connection later, better use "HMA PPTP VPN" here, or something like that. In "Server Adress", enter any of the PPTP server IPs you can find in the VPN control panel (http://vpn.hidemyass.com - "PPTP servers") Below, in the "Account Name" field, enter your VPN account username. Check "Show VPN status in menu bar". Now please go to "Authentication settings"  Select "Password" and enter your PPTP pasword. Note: This is not your account password. You can find your PPTP password in the VPN control panel ( http://vpn.hidemyass.com ) in "PPTP servers"  Now go to "Advanced..." It's absolute important to select "Send all traffic over VPN connection". Otherwise the VPN will have no effect on your machine. Now you're done.  Click on "OK". Back in the network window, click on "Apply" and close the network manager.  Now, back on your desktop, click the network icon in the top right and select "Connect to HMA VPN" or whatever you called your new connection.  It will now connect and authenticate. As soon as you see the running time, that means you're connected. But we should make sure first your really secure now. So please open Safari browser.  Visit this website: http://ipaddress.com (or any other IP verifying website, like http://www.ip-score.com) You should now see that your IP, location and internet provider is different than usual. That means you're succesfully connected. Well done!