Advanced privacy protections have a downside: the more protection, the more latency. So NymVPN is designed to give you a choice on how you want your traffic routed:
- Fast mode (default): A decentralized 2-hop network with censorship resistance
- Anonymous mode: A 5-hop route through the mixnet with added noise to fight surveillance
How to use the Fast and Anonymous modes
The choice between these modes depends on what you're doing online, and how much latency you can tolerate. Jeder Modus ist somit für bestimmte Anwendungsfälle konzipiert:
- Schnellmodus: Ideal für tägliche Aktivitäten wie das Surfen im Web, streamen, etc.
- Anonymer Modus: Ideal für latenztolerante Dinge wie E-Mail, private Messenger und Kryptotransaktionen.
Es ist wichtig, diese Anwendungsfälle bei der Verwendung von NymVPN im Auge zu behalten. Wenn Sie zum Beispiel versuchen, etwas mit dem Anonymen Moduszu streamen, werden Sie erhebliche Verzögerungen erleben. It was not designed for this purpose, so switch to the Fast mode.
How the Fast mode works
The default mode for NymVPN is the Fast mode. Es führt Ihren Datenverkehr durch eine dezentrale 2-Hop-, Tunnel-in-a-Tunnel WireGuard-Setup. When activated, your traffic will pass through 2 independent Nym nodes functioning as entry and exit gateways.
This mode is perfect for everyday privacy, quick browsing, streaming, and file sharing and comes with important privacy protections:
- Decentralized routing keeps you unlinkable to your traffic by preventing any node from connecting your IP address to that of your destination online.
- WireGuard's cryptographic optimizations allow for speeds that approximate mainstream 1-hop VPNs but with decentralized protections.
- AmneziaWG is a censorship-resistant fork of WireGuard which adds decoy packets before the handshake initiation. This obfuscates connection attempts, improving resistance to censorship while preserving the speed and reliability you rely on.
How the Anonymous mode works
The Anonymous mode gives you access to the world's most private network: Nym's Noise Generating Mixnet. With the Anonymous mode activated, your traffic is routed through the 5-server Nym mixnet composed of:
1. An entry gateway
2. 3 mix nodes that shuffle your data packets with those of others in randomized routes
3. And an exit gateway before reaching the open internet
The mixnet provides a number of advanced privacy protections called network noise:
- Identical packet sizes to prevent traffic analysis of payloads
- Multi-layer, onion encryption so nodes are blind to your traffic's route
- Cover traffic to obscure your payload and increase the anonymity set of the whole network
- Packet mixing to obscure traffic origins and routes
- Timing delays to prevent analysis of traffic based on entry and exit from a node
Note that this option introduces significant latency and speed reduction, and is thus best used for messaging, emailing, or processing financial transactions like crypto.
Learn more about how the Anonymous mode works, what happens with your data along the way, and why it is the most private network available.