Private Internet Access

Private Internet Access
Original author(s) London Trust Media, Inc.
Initial release August 2010
Development status Active
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
iOS
Android
Available in English
Type Virtual private network
License Commercial
Website https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

Private Internet Access (PIA) is a personal virtual private network (VPN) service. It supports multiple VPN technologies such as PPTP, L2TP/IPsec, SOCKS5 and OpenVPN.[1] PIA offers several features like the following:[2]

The CEO of Private Internet Access (and its parent company, London Trust Media, Inc) is Ted Kim.[3] Another founder is Andrew Lee.[4]

Data Encryption Level

Private Internet Access supports the AES (128-bit or 256-bit) specifications, SHA1 and SHA256 authentication, and RSA (2048, 3072, 4096) or Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) (256R1, 256K1, 521) handshakes; however, the default settings are AES-128, SHA1, RSA-2048.[5][6]

Server Locations

Private Internet Access servers operate VPN gateways in 37 regions across 25 countries.

As of June 14th, 2017, Private Internet access servers were located in the following countries:[7]

  1. Australia
  2. Brazil
  3. Canada
  4. Denmark
  5. Finland
  6. France
  7. Hong Kong
  8. India
  9. Ireland
  10. Israel
  11. Italy
  12. Japan
  13. Mexico
  14. Netherlands
  15. New Zealand
  16. Norway
  17. Romania
  18. Singapore
  19. South Korea
  20. Sweden
  21. Switzerland
  22. Turkey
  23. UK
  24. US

References

[8]

  1. ↑ Deirdre Murphy (2014-07-16) Privateinternetaccess Review, VPN Critic
  2. ↑ Melanie Pinola (2013-04-05) Grab Private Internet Access VPN Service for 20% Off, Lifehacker
  3. ↑ "Ted Kim, CEO of Private Internet Access, a Denver-based VPN service talks about what VPNs are, how they can benefit consumers, and what to look for if you subscribe to one".
  4. ↑ "How one small American VPN company is trying to stand up for privacy". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  5. ↑ Inc., London Trust Media,. "Private Internet Access Anonymous VPN". www.privateinternetaccess.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  6. ↑ "pia netflix". Tuesday, 23 May 2017
  7. ↑ Inc., London Trust Media,. "Private Internet Access Anonymous VPN". www.privateinternetaccess.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  8. ↑ Tristen Lott, "Private Internet Access Review", VPN Service Reviews, 2017-03-31
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