How to Check Whether Your VPN is Working and Secure

[Skhilled]

[aura]

interesting, i was thinking of doing a VPN for lurking around the net *grins*

[Skhilled]

I use Namecheap's VPN. That's also where I get my domains.

https://www.namecheap.com/vpn/

[Ken.]

This is a handy tip Steve, thanks! 

My system is running IPVanish and the tests seem to indicate that it's working great.

Country:    Brazil Brazil (BR)
Region:    Sao Paulo (SP)
City:    São Paulo
Time Zone:    America/Sao_Paulo
Latitude & Longitude:    -23.5335 , -46.6359

... me are actually some distance removed from that location. 

[Skhilled]

The main thing is to see if it is leaking information and keeping it secured.