cryptostorm
The facts below are what the maker publishes about cryptostorm, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from cryptostorm's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access
- Customers connect using access tokens, and the service hashes tokens before authentication.checked 12 Oct 2026
- DNS and leak protections
- The maker lists DNS and WebRTC leak protection, DNS-based ad and tracker blocking, and a kill switch; its Windows FAQ says the widget includes DNSCrypt for pre-connect DNS protection.checked 12 Oct 2026
- HQ
- The FAQ says cryptostorm has no central headquarters and keeps the locations of its business entities private.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Kill switch
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Logging and retained data
- The maker says VPN nodes do not log identifying connection details, while its privacy policy says order records can retain an email, delivered token, and processor transaction ID depending on payment method.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multihop
- The maker says its network supports server-side multihop and users can also connect through another VPN or Tor before cryptostorm.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Network
- The homepage says the service uses dedicated bare-metal servers and lists over 450 available IPs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Obfuscation
- The service offers SSH, HTTPS, and obfs4 tunneling to disguise VPN traffic.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Its privacy page says VPN nodes do not log customer-identifying connection details, while the website retains access logs for two weeks and order records may include an email, delivered token, and processor transaction ID.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- cryptostorm is a VPN service that supports OpenVPN and WireGuard.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Protocols
- The service offers OpenVPN and WireGuard, with OpenVPN instances using ECC options including Ed25519, Ed448, secp521r1, and ML-DSA-87.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Protocols and cryptography
- The maker lists OpenVPN and WireGuard and describes OpenVPN ECC options including Ed25519, Ed448, secp521r1, and ML-DSA-87, plus AES or ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Refunds
- The maker says eligible orders may be refunded if no more than 50% of the token duration has been used and the order was placed less than 180 days earlier; lifetime tokens are excluded.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Restrictions
- The FAQ says BitTorrent and file sharing are allowed, while hacking, scanning, and spam are prohibited.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The service advertises bare metal dedicated servers, public server configurations, and hardened Linux kernels.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Service
- cryptostorm is a VPN service that offers OpenVPN and WireGuard connections.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The privacy page directs users with questions to [email protected].checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device limits
- Concurrent OpenVPN sessions and WireGuard key limits depend on token duration: one each for weekly and monthly tokens, rising to six each for lifetime tokens.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The maker provides setup pages for Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, Android, and routers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Simultaneous devices
- 1checked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free access and trial
- The FAQ says cryptostorm has discontinued its former free service and no longer offers a free trial.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Free offering
- The maker says it discontinued Cryptofree, its free VPN service, and the FAQ says it no longer offers a free trial.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Dover, Delaware, United States; the company also states it has no central headquarterschecked 28 Sep 2026
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