GoKawiilSwitzerland-based NymVPN this week unveiled split-tunneling for Windows, allowing users (running Windows v1.28.0 on NymVPN) to choose which apps and websites they want to protect with the VPN.
The feature is currently in beta, and the company will be rolling out split-tunneling to iOS and Linux customers in future releases. The company also said it was introducing a new key-exchange protocol to enhance protection in the age of quantum computing. This feature, called the Lewes Protocol, is available on all platforms, including Android, iOS, Linux, Windows and MacOS.
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Split tunneling, a VPN industry standard, lets you specify which sites and apps you want to run through the VPN connection, while you access everything else on your non-VPN connection.
For example, if you're using your VPN to bypass geo-restrictions and stream a soccer game from the UK, but you also want to download a game on Steam, it will be faster using your regular connection. Or maybe you're watching a foreign movie with the VPN, but also want to browse the web using your regular connection.
There might also be sites and apps that, for various reasons, you can only access via a VPN. You can specify those to the VPN, but then check out other sites and apps with your non-VPN connection.
NymVPN also said it was developing more advanced split tunneling to let customers route specific apps through either the NymVPN Fast mode or the Anonymous mode.
The company said customers can share feedback and ideas on a Telegram group chat.
Higher security in the quantum era
NymVPN said its new Lewes Protocol is the company's first phase of post-quantum security. As a key-exchange protocol, it "improves security against post-quantum threats but also significantly improves NymVPN connection times and startup."
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