The main VPN supplier, NordVPN, has just launched a “revolutionary” censorship VPN protocol in response to larger online restrictions in the world.
Nordwhisper, explains the company, is designed to work against the most difficult network filtering techniques by imitating regular web traffic. Despite the similarities, the new VPN protocol promises to postpone current VPN obscure solutions, ensuring smoother and more coherent navigation experience.
NordVPN gradually deploys Nordwhisper through its Windows, Android and Linux applications, with more support provided for other platforms in due course.
How does Nordwhisper work?
“We designed Nordwhisper thinking of our users,” said Marijus Briedis, CTO in NordVPN. “It is not only a question of bypassing network restrictions; it is a question of allowing people to work, communicate and access essential services in complete safety and free, even in the most restrictive environments.”
Unlike traditional VPN protocols like OpenVPN or Wireguard, Nordwhisper uses web tunnel technology designed to imitate normal web traffic. According to Tor Browser experts who have published this technology for the first time, this method summarizes transit data in standard HTTP packages. It essentially creates a hidden tunnel which can protect the confidentiality of users and allow them to bypass network restrictions that could block specific types of traffic.
Such an infrastructure promises to be more effective than the obscure of VPN, “while standard protocols using obfuscation techniques are effective on networks that prevent access to essential services or public resources, Nordwhisper intervenes at the time Where the specific BLOCKS make connection to these networks more difficult “. “NordVPN explains in a blog article.
More and more countries around the world are strongly restricted Internet, investing generous amounts in the development of ever more effective network filter technologies. This has led to a need for new solutions to allow everyone to get around advanced online restrictions and open Internet access – it doesn’t matter where they travel.
You should only use Nordwhisper when you connect to the Internet from a very limited environment. Indeed, this VPN protocol can slow down your internet connection due to the technology it uses.
Nordwhisper was deployed for users of Windows, Android and Linux VPN. The supplier plans to extend the support of other platforms over time and will continue to upgrade the VPN protocol to be in addition to changes in the network filtering landscape.
Once available, you can manually select the option directly from the application settings by heading to the VPN connection and pressing the NordWhisper button.
