{"article":{"id":46236213370387,"url":"https://ovpn.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/46236213370387.json","html_url":"https://support.ovpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/46236213370387-Explanation-Stealth-VPN","author_id":420653356933,"comments_disabled":false,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"section_id":46009973799699,"created_at":"2025-11-05T07:05:11Z","updated_at":"2025-11-05T07:05:13Z","name":"Explanation: Stealth VPN","title":"Explanation: Stealth VPN","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2025-11-05T07:05:11Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":3690413,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>Stealth VPN (also known as obfuscation and VPN masking) is a technique used to make VPN traffic appear as regular internet traffic, thereby disguising the fact that a VPN is being used. This is useful in situations where your ISP, network, or government is actively trying to block VPN traffic.</p>\n<p>A common misconception is that it makes your VPN traffic invisible to websites or streaming services. That is not the case, as the VPN address you're assigned would still belong to a VPN server. It only further disguises the VPN traffic between you and the VPN server, making it more <span data-dobid=\"hdw\">inconspicuous</span> and less likely to be blocked before it reaches the VPN server.</p>\n<p>Stealth VPN does not work in combination with Split Tunneling.</p>"}}