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在印度UnCERT-in时间VPN服务提供商
印度有2.7亿多个VPN用户,谁使用它们来访问公司网络安全,匿名访问geo-restricted内容,保持安全公共wi - fi网络和避开互联网上的限制。
新德里:用户的虚拟专用网络(vpn)在印度面临中断,与供应商等Surfshark和NordVPN说他们不太可能能够坚持一个新的安全指令从政府由于隐私政策的担忧。印度有2.7亿多个VPN用户,谁使用它们来访问公司网络安全、匿名,访问geo-restricted内容,保持安全的公共wi - fi网络和规避互联网在其他方面的限制。
该指令从印度计算机紧急响应小组(、),印度顶级网络安全机构,将在6月底生效。法律规定,VPN服务等,以保持用户的个人资料五年或更长时间,将这些生意转交政府当被问及,否则将面临惩罚措施。
众议院委员会寻求禁令
此举旨在防止网络安全漏洞,可能最终使VPN服务在印度非法如果供应商不遵守。民政的议会常务委员会去年呼吁禁止vpn,援引的威胁。
顶级VPN公司告诉ET日志敏感用户数据会对他们的服务的性质,这是为了保护用户的隐私。荷兰based-Surfshark,一个受欢迎的VPN服务在印度,说,它甚至没有技术手段遵守秩序。
“我们只能与RAM-only服务器,这意味着在这个时刻,即使从技术上讲,我们将无法符合记录要求,“Gytis Malinauskas, Surfshark的法律的头,告诉等。
位于巴拿马NordVPN表示,目前像往常一样操作,但可能不得不重新评估形势如果订单两个月从现在开始生效。
“我们正致力于保护客户的隐私,因此,我们可以把我们的服务器从印度如果没有其他选择离开,”劳拉Tyrylyte说NordVPN安全发言人告诉等。
ExpressVPN,注册在英属维京群岛和另一个受欢迎的VPN服务声称甚至绕过中国严格的防火墙,说这是意识到指令,并监测进展。
“vpn的关键用户的安全性和保护用户的在线隐私和权利从根本上反对任何破坏这种技术的努力,“ExpressVPN等在一份声明中说。
该公司在其隐私政策,国家没有“收集日志的活动,包括没有浏览记录的日志,交通的目的地,数据内容,或DNS查询。我们也永远不会存储连接日志,这意味着没有你的IP地址的日志,你即将离任的VPN IP地址、连接时间戳,或会话持续时间。”
专家说NordVPN等服务,Surfshark ExpressVPN等引以为豪no-logs系统,保证用户的隐私,会尽量让自己由公司审计的普华永道确认遵守他们的隐私政策。
一些VPN提供商还说他们都是由国家法律基础,未必受到印度法律的管辖。
“我们正在操作管辖荷兰,并没有法律要求我们记录用户活动,“Surfshark说。同样,ExpressVPN说这是由英属维尔京群岛的法律,也不需要VPN服务维护用户日志。
VPN用户群在印度已经在过去的两年里飙升,由于远程工作由于流感大流行。
VPN渗透在印度2021年飙升至20%的人口,从2020年的3.28%,据一个采用追踪由AtlasVPN维护。跟踪显示印度VPN用户超过了2.7亿,从4500万年的2020人,受到越来越多的采用需要连接的远程工作模式由公司内部服务器使用加密隧道。印度排名20指数。
频繁的互联网关闭政府也刺激了VPN增长,专家说。借助政府屏蔽互联网服务106次,2021年的一份报告显示访问现在,科技政策智库。
新指令的同时不会影响使用vpn访问geo-restricted内容,这绝对是要在保持匿名,构成了障碍Soutrik Gupta说,公司Kloudspot Inc .首席网络工程师网络解决方案。
“它将使用VPN和使用互联网没有VPN在同一水平上,因为它是互联网服务提供商(ISP)谁来跟踪我的使用数据,或VPN提供者如果订单生效,“古普塔说。
、秩序也要求公司披露网络安全事件的六个小时内发现。这已经引起了行业组织的抨击。
等5月9日报道,网络安全,信息技术产业理事会(来),写了、头Sanjay巴尔要求推迟实施该指令和邀请更广泛的利益相关者磋商,包括详细的技术讨论。
该指令从印度计算机紧急响应小组(、),印度顶级网络安全机构,将在6月底生效。法律规定,VPN服务等,以保持用户的个人资料五年或更长时间,将这些生意转交政府当被问及,否则将面临惩罚措施。
众议院委员会寻求禁令
此举旨在防止网络安全漏洞,可能最终使VPN服务在印度非法如果供应商不遵守。民政的议会常务委员会去年呼吁禁止vpn,援引的威胁。
“我们只能与RAM-only服务器,这意味着在这个时刻,即使从技术上讲,我们将无法符合记录要求,“Gytis Malinauskas, Surfshark的法律的头,告诉等。
位于巴拿马NordVPN表示,目前像往常一样操作,但可能不得不重新评估形势如果订单两个月从现在开始生效。
“我们正致力于保护客户的隐私,因此,我们可以把我们的服务器从印度如果没有其他选择离开,”劳拉Tyrylyte说NordVPN安全发言人告诉等。
ExpressVPN,注册在英属维京群岛和另一个受欢迎的VPN服务声称甚至绕过中国严格的防火墙,说这是意识到指令,并监测进展。
“vpn的关键用户的安全性和保护用户的在线隐私和权利从根本上反对任何破坏这种技术的努力,“ExpressVPN等在一份声明中说。
专家说NordVPN等服务,Surfshark ExpressVPN等引以为豪no-logs系统,保证用户的隐私,会尽量让自己由公司审计的普华永道确认遵守他们的隐私政策。
一些VPN提供商还说他们都是由国家法律基础,未必受到印度法律的管辖。
“我们正在操作管辖荷兰,并没有法律要求我们记录用户活动,“Surfshark说。同样,ExpressVPN说这是由英属维尔京群岛的法律,也不需要VPN服务维护用户日志。
VPN用户群在印度已经在过去的两年里飙升,由于远程工作由于流感大流行。
VPN渗透在印度2021年飙升至20%的人口,从2020年的3.28%,据一个采用追踪由AtlasVPN维护。跟踪显示印度VPN用户超过了2.7亿,从4500万年的2020人,受到越来越多的采用需要连接的远程工作模式由公司内部服务器使用加密隧道。印度排名20指数。
全球科技行业组织在印度寻求修改指令的网络安全漏洞的报告
来印度国家经理Kumar深,在一封给、首席桑杰巴尔日期为5月5日要求更广泛的利益相关者与业界磋商之前敲定的指令。
频繁的互联网关闭政府也刺激了VPN增长,专家说。借助政府屏蔽互联网服务106次,2021年的一份报告显示访问现在,科技政策智库。
新指令的同时不会影响使用vpn访问geo-restricted内容,这绝对是要在保持匿名,构成了障碍Soutrik Gupta说,公司Kloudspot Inc .首席网络工程师网络解决方案。
“它将使用VPN和使用互联网没有VPN在同一水平上,因为它是互联网服务提供商(ISP)谁来跟踪我的使用数据,或VPN提供者如果订单生效,“古普塔说。
、秩序也要求公司披露网络安全事件的六个小时内发现。这已经引起了行业组织的抨击。
等5月9日报道,网络安全,信息技术产业理事会(来),写了、头Sanjay巴尔要求推迟实施该指令和邀请更广泛的利益相关者磋商,包括详细的技术讨论。
New Delhi: Users of virtual private networks (VPNs) in India face disruptions, with providers such as Surfshark<\/a> and NordVPN<\/a> saying they are unlikely to be able to adhere to a new security directive from the government due to privacy policy concerns. India has more than 270 million VPN users, who use them to access company networks securely, remain anonymous, access geo-restricted content, stay safe on public Wi-Fi networks and get around internet<\/a> restrictions among other things.
The directive from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), India\u2019s top cybersecurity agency, is set to take effect at the end of June. That mandates VPN services<\/a>, among others, to maintain the personal data of users for five years or longer and hand them over to the government when asked or face punitive action.
House panel had sought ban
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The move, aimed at preventing cybersecurity breaches, may end up making VPN services illegal in India if providers don't comply. The parliamentary standing committee of home affairs had called for a ban on VPNs last year, citing threats.
The directive from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), India\u2019s top cybersecurity agency, is set to take effect at the end of June. That mandates VPN services<\/a>, among others, to maintain the personal data of users for five years or longer and hand them over to the government when asked or face punitive action.
House panel had sought ban
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The move, aimed at preventing cybersecurity breaches, may end up making VPN services illegal in India if providers don't comply. The parliamentary standing committee of home affairs had called for a ban on VPNs last year, citing threats.
<\/div><\/div>Top VPN companies told ET that logging sensitive user data would go against the nature of their services, which are designed to protect user privacy. Netherlands based-Surfshark, a popular VPN service in India, said that it doesn't even have the technical means to comply with the order.
\u201cWe operate only with RAM-only servers, which means that at this moment, even technically, we would not be able to comply with the logging requirements,\u201d Gytis Malinauskas, Surfshark's legal head, told ET.
NordVPN, based in Panama, said it\u2019s currently operating as usual but may have to reassess the situation if and when the order goes into effect two months from now.
\u201cWe are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers, therefore, we may remove our servers from India if no other options are left,\u201d said Laura Tyrylyte, NordVPN\u2019s security spokesperson, told ET.
ExpressVPN, registered in the British Virgin Islands and another popular VPN service that claims to bypass even China's strict Great Firewall, said it\u2019s aware of the directive and is monitoring developments.
\u201cVPNs are critical for user safety and the preservation of user's right to online privacy and are fundamentally opposed to any efforts to undermine such technologies,\u201d ExpressVPN said in a statement to ET.
\u201cWe operate only with RAM-only servers, which means that at this moment, even technically, we would not be able to comply with the logging requirements,\u201d Gytis Malinauskas, Surfshark's legal head, told ET.
NordVPN, based in Panama, said it\u2019s currently operating as usual but may have to reassess the situation if and when the order goes into effect two months from now.
\u201cWe are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers, therefore, we may remove our servers from India if no other options are left,\u201d said Laura Tyrylyte, NordVPN\u2019s security spokesperson, told ET.
ExpressVPN, registered in the British Virgin Islands and another popular VPN service that claims to bypass even China's strict Great Firewall, said it\u2019s aware of the directive and is monitoring developments.
\u201cVPNs are critical for user safety and the preservation of user's right to online privacy and are fundamentally opposed to any efforts to undermine such technologies,\u201d ExpressVPN said in a statement to ET.
<\/div><\/div>The company states in its privacy policy that it does not \u201ccollect logs of your activity, including no logging of browsing history, traffic destination, data content, or DNS queries. We also never store connection logs, meaning no logs of your IP address, your outgoing VPN IP address, connection timestamp, or session duration.\u201d
Experts say services such as NordVPN, Surfshark, ExpressVPN and the like pride themselves on no-logs systems that assure users of privacy, going as far as getting themselves audited by firms like PwC to confirm compliance with their privacy policies.
Some VPN providers also said they are governed by laws of the countries they are based in and may not necessarily come under the jurisdiction of Indian laws.
\u201cWe are operating under the jurisdiction of the Netherlands, and there are no laws requiring us to log user activity,\u201d Surfshark said. Similarly, ExpressVPN said it\u2019s governed by laws of the British Virgin Islands, which too doesn't require VPN services to maintain user logs.
The VPN user base in India has been surging over the past two years, owing to a rise in remote working due to the pandemic.
VPN penetration in India in 2021 spiked to 20% of the population, from a mere 3.28% in 2020, according to an adoption tracker maintained by AtlasVPN. The tracker shows India had more than 270 million VPN users, up from just 45 million in 2020, spurred by increasing adoption of remote working models by firms that require connecting to internal servers using encrypted tunnels. India ranked 20th in the index.
Experts say services such as NordVPN, Surfshark, ExpressVPN and the like pride themselves on no-logs systems that assure users of privacy, going as far as getting themselves audited by firms like PwC to confirm compliance with their privacy policies.
Some VPN providers also said they are governed by laws of the countries they are based in and may not necessarily come under the jurisdiction of Indian laws.
\u201cWe are operating under the jurisdiction of the Netherlands, and there are no laws requiring us to log user activity,\u201d Surfshark said. Similarly, ExpressVPN said it\u2019s governed by laws of the British Virgin Islands, which too doesn't require VPN services to maintain user logs.
The VPN user base in India has been surging over the past two years, owing to a rise in remote working due to the pandemic.
VPN penetration in India in 2021 spiked to 20% of the population, from a mere 3.28% in 2020, according to an adoption tracker maintained by AtlasVPN. The tracker shows India had more than 270 million VPN users, up from just 45 million in 2020, spurred by increasing adoption of remote working models by firms that require connecting to internal servers using encrypted tunnels. India ranked 20th in the index.
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