Giganews
The World's Best Usenet Provider
Happy Valentine’s day! Today’s the perfect day to share your love of Giganews with friends and family. When you refer a friend that sticks around Giganews for a month or more, we’ll give you up to a free month of Usenet – whatever the value of that account is. Everybody wins!
Just log into your control panel here to email, tweet, or Facebook out to the ones you love most, anytime.
The Giganews Team
We would like to wish all Giganews members Happy Holidays and the best for 2015. Without all of our great members, Giganews would not be what it is today. We are honored by all of your support.
Have a wonderful holiday season,
The Giganews Team
With the recent announcement of the Heartbleed Bug, many customers have asked if Giganews’ services were affected and whether customers need to take any action. Rest assured all Giganews services are currently safe from the Heartbleed Bug. VyprVPN and the Giganews website have not ever used SSL libraries vulnerable to the TLS heartbeat exploit. Golden Frog patched Dump Truck’s SSL libraries on April 8, 2014, and new SSL keys for the service were generated and deployed successfully. However, due to the nature of the bug, we still recommend all customers change their password, especially if you have used Dump Truck. Change your password »
Golden Frog’s apps use OpenSSL 1.0.1e, which is vulnerable to the Heartbleed Bug, for OpenVPN connections. However, even though the apps use a vulnerable version of OpenSSL, customer information is not at risk. To be compromised, the apps would need to connect to servers that send malicious heartbeat packets. VyprVPN apps only connect to VyprVPN servers, which do not send malicious packets. Even if the VyprVPN apps were somehow tricked into establishing a connection with a malicious server, the apps do not possess any information they are not already sending to the server. There is nothing a malicious server could gather from the client that it wouldn’t receive anyway.
Golden Frog will be preparing updated versions of the apps that use non-vulnerable versions of OpenSSL, but at this time, Giganews customers are not at risk using the existing versions of the apps.
The Heartbleed Bug is a bug in OpenSSL’s implementation of the TLS heartbeat extension. When exploited, it allows an attacker access to the contents of the SSL server and client memory. This memory may include the SSL keys, the content of the data traversing the connection, and usernames and passwords transmitted or stored within the memory of the client and server. Because of the complete compromise of the SSL session and secret key data necessary to keep communications secure, this is considered an extremely critical bug. A full overview can be found at http://heartbleed.com/
If you have used Dump Truck we highly recommend you change your password. To change your password visit this page: https://www.giganews.com/controlpanel/userpass.html
At Giganews we take your privacy and security seriously. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact our 24x7x365 support team via email or live chat.
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Updated on 04-10-2014
We’re proud to announce that on January 26, Giganews became the first Usenet provider in the world to reach 2,000 days of high-quality binary retention for more than 110,000 existing newsgroups! The 2,000-day milestone, which is more than 5.5 years of retention, represents more than 25 petabytes of Usenet messages on the Giganews servers.
This is a huge feat in the industry and we are proud to be the only Usenet service that delivers the same speed and article completion across the approximately 45 billion articles with 110,000 newsgroups equally. Giganews is 50 percent bigger today than at this point last year and we continue to add servers with this kind of growth in mind.
We put together a fun and informative graphical representation of what 2000 days of retention looks like and what we’ve accomplished over the years.
View and share the infographic online
Hundreds of Terabytes of data gets uploaded to Giganews every day, and retention refers to the time that data remains on the Giganews servers and is therefore accessible to our customers. Two thousand days of retention guarantees that you can easily find and access articles that have been posted more than five years ago and text from more than 10 years ago.
We are constantly working to make Giganews the world’s best Usenet service and just like our retention, we have no plans on stopping. We truly appreciate the great customers who stand behind us. Thanks for your continued support and feedback.
If you’re not already a Giganews member, we invite you to sign up for a 14-day free trial.
Dump Truck is now integrated with Otixo! Otixo provides a cloud aggregation service that lets individuals and businesses work and collaborate across many of their online services from a single application.
If you already use Otixo, connecting to Dump Truck is easy:
Otixo is a web app that allows you to manage files from multiple online storage accounts in one place. Use it on mobile or desktop devices to search, copy and share files between your Dump Truck account and other online storage services using WebDAV.
Otixo’s Spaces tool also has useful collaboration features you can use with Dump Truck:
With Otixo and Dump Truck, you can easily backup your data in several locations. Simply drag-and drop files from your Dump Truck account to other online storage services without having to download the files to your computer. Make life easier by collaborating with friends and colleagues across multiple online storage services and managing all your files from one location.
At Giganews, we are constantly adding new setup instructions to help you use Dump Truck with your favorite applications. Share your feedback at Golden Frog Ideas and help make Dump Truck even better!
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In response to your feedback on Golden Frog Ideas, we worked with Golden Frog to add step-by-step instructions for setting up VyprVPN on any Android device with FEAT VPN!
If you already have FEAT VPN, the setup process for VyprVPN is simple:
While VyprVPN for Android is preferred for devices running Android 3.1 or greater, FEAT VPN is an OpenVPN option for Android devices running versions 2.1 through 3.2.
FEAT VPN is a popular Android app that allows users to utilize OpenVPN without needing to root the device. Rooting an Android device carries a number of security risks, plus it voids the warranty. FEAT VPN is one of the only OpenVPN solutions compatible with any Android device right off the shelf.
The latest version of FEAT VPN offers better compatibility for Android devices that are connected to an IPv6 network. Most VPN services only support IPv4 however IPv6 is growing in popularity among app developers. For example, the built-in YouTube app utilizes IPv6. As a result, all of the YouTube traffic will not flow through the users IPv4 tunnel and isn’t encrypted or protected.
We wanted to make it easy for Giganews members to combine the flexibility of FEAT VPN with the stability and security of VyprVPN.
If any issues arise please take advantage of our 24x7x365 support. We will continue to add setup instructions for useful applications like FEAT VPN so please share your feedback at Golden Frog Ideas and help us help you!
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In response to your feedback on the Golden Frog Ideas microsite, we worked with Golden Frog to add VyprVPN setup instructions for Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage).
If you have a Synology NAS device already, simply connect to VyprVPN using either PPTP and OpenVPN.
Using VyprVPN with your Synology NAS device combines the speed and security of VyprVPN with the convenience of Synology NAS.
Synology NAS is a storage device engineered for small businesses, however, users with large data storage needs also benefit from it. It provides a centralized location for storage, sharing, and onsite data backup that requires minimal maintenance and offers excellent performance. You can only select a folder on your Synology NAS to sync with Dump Truck online storage – included free with every Giganews account.
At Giganews, we believe all VyprVPN users should benefit from powerful storage solutions like Synology NAS without forfeiting their privacy or security. It is critical to secure your connection whenever you access important information online. VyprVPN’s 256-bit encryption and secure servers prevent malicious 3rd parties from accessing your data and secures your entire Internet connection from end to end. This provides peace of mind when you use convenient storage solutions like Synology NAS.
We will continue to respond to your feedback with more setup instructions and 24x7x365 support. Please continue providing feedback and suggestions at Golden Frog Ideas so we can help you use VyprVPN with your favorite device!
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Today, we are excited to announce that Golden Frog released VyprVPN for Mac! Giganews members with VyprVPN service can download VyprVPN for Mac starting today.
You can use VyprVPN for Mac to manage your VyprVPN connection directly from the menu bar. Skip the manual VPN setup and freely switch between any VyprVPN server location or VPN protocol.
Quick access from the menu bar
One-click to switch between all VyprVPN server locations
One-click switching between every VyprVPN protocol
It has been a busy couple of months for our friends over at Golden Frog. They also recently released new VyprVPN mobile Apps for iOS and Android so start protecting your mobile device as well as your Mac.
If you are not currently a Giganews member and want to try VyprVPN, we invite you to sign up for a 14 day free trial of the Diamond account which includes VyprVPN.
Giganews members without VyprVPN, can add VyprVPN to their membership and secure Internet connections on their Mac!
To stay up to date on VyprVPN for Mac, please subscribe to our blog and follow us on Giganews Facebook, Giganews Twitter, Giganews YouTube Channel, and Giganews Google+.