- Surfshark has revealed “an industry-first technology” to greater VPN connection stability
- Surfshark Everlink works in the background to recover fallen VPN connections
- The provider also promises to reduce the risk of exposure to IP address
Surfshark has just revealed an “industry-first” patented technology designed to minimize the impact of lost VPN connections-but don’t call it a VPN Kill Switch.
Surfshark Everlink comes as a “self-healing infrastructure”, explains the provider of Techradar, who works in the background to recover fallen VPN connections, while at the same time the risk of IP address exposure. The new technology is now available by default on the Wireguard protocol across all platforms.
“We wanted to improve this industry standard and take it to the next level – instead of killing the connection, we want users to remain safely connected and private,” said Chief Technology Officer at Surfshark, Donata’s Budvytis.
Surfshark Everlink: More privacy and convenience
Already one of the best VPN providers in the market, according to Techradar’s test, Surfshark now promises to deliver even more stable and secure performance. Surfshark Everlink is actually a technology designed to improve what the provider considers the most critical VPN quality metrics – connection stability.
“While other shiny measurements, such as the number of servers, may seem important, connecting stability is something that really makes the difference for the user experience,” Budvytis explains.
In short, EverLink serves as an extra layer of security to help recover lost VPN connections.
This means that every time you connect to your Surfshark VPN service, you also connect to EverLink infrastructure. The tool promises to revive your connections when they come when reconfiguring the VPN tunnel without the need to disconnect and restore connection from the virtual private network (VPN).
“If VPN is a tunnel that secures your traffic, you can imagine surfshars everlink as someone else that ensures the VPN tunnel. If a connection goes down, you will automatically switch to someone else so you remain connected and secure,” Budvytis said.
This ability to self-heal lost VPN connections can also ensure a stable performance even when the provider reviews some network maintenance. EVERLINK will only route all traffic to the nearest available server without any interruption of your experience.
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In addition to major VPN connection stability, Surfshark Everlink also promises to increase the level of security and privacy protection.
As Budvytis explains, an unstable VPN connection is not only an irritation, but can also lead to exposure to IP address, leaving users traceable and vulnerable.
He said, “For journalists, activists, alerts and anyone who appreciates online privacy, this can be a significant risk.”
However, all the most private and secure VPN services already have a function to minimize the risk of IP exposure -a VPN kill contact. This feature, as the name suggests, kills your device’s internet access every time your connection falls.
Still, Everlink seeks to prevent leaks while ensuring that users are safely connected. When he talks to Techradar, Budvytis explains that when the VPN server connection falls, the application directly sends a request to the Everlink server about VPN Reconfiguration information. Once this information is received, they are used to configure the VPN connection again without the need to disconnect and connect again.
“The main advantage of this versus killing contact is that all this happens seamlessly and can keep your connection endless,” Budvytis said. “Users can still choose to use the Kill Switch feature, but we wanted to offer something beyond this.”
Surfshark Everlink was built on a patented technology (US11190491B1) and is now available as standard on the Wireguard protocol across all platforms including iOS, macOS, Windows, Android and Linux VPN apps.
