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The Atlas Path

Atlas is a knowledge base, not a list of unrelated pages. The Atlas Path is the recommended order to read it: start at Level 0 and each level only assumes the ones before it.

7 levels · 20 articles

  1. 0

    Privacy Fundamentals

    What information exists about you before you connect to anything, and what a network can see by default.

    2 articles
    Open level →
    1. 1 Privacy vs Anonymity Guide · 5 min read
    2. 2 What Does Your ISP See? Guide · 6 min read
  2. 1

    Understanding VPNs

    What a VPN actually changes about your connection, what it leaves untouched, and how it differs from a proxy or Tor.

    2 articles
    Open level →
    1. 1 What Is a VPN? Guide · 5 min read
    2. 2 VPN vs Proxy vs Tor Comparison · 6 min read
  3. 2

    Why VPNs Get Blocked

    The censorship side of the story: blocking methods, DPI, filtering and the reasons an ordinary tunnel stops working.

    3 articles
    Open level →
    1. 1 Why a VPN Can Work Today and Fail Tomorrow Research · 11 min read
    2. 2 What Is Internet Censorship? Guide · 7 min read
    3. 3 What Is Deep Packet Inspection? Guide · 6 min read
  4. 3

    VPN Protocols

    The protocols themselves — what each one is good at, how they differ, and where obfuscation fits in.

    4 articles
    Open level →
    1. 1 What Is a VPN Protocol? Guide · 5 min read
    2. 2 What Is WireGuard? Reference · 3 min read
    3. 3 What Is VLESS? Reference · 4 min read
    4. 4 What Is Hysteria2? Reference · 9 min read
  5. 4

    Anti-Censorship

    How censorship-resistant protocols work, how VLESS and REALITY combine, and what active probing changes.

    3 articles
    Open level →
    1. 1 Obfuscation vs Encryption Comparison · 11 min read
    2. 2 What Makes a VPN Resistant to Censorship? Guide · 12 min read
    3. 3 What Is REALITY? Reference · 5 min read
  6. 5

    Choosing a VPN

    How to evaluate providers honestly: infrastructure, jurisdiction, audits, logs claims and realistic threat models.

    3 articles
    Open level →
    1. 1 Commercial VPN vs Independent VPN Guide · 5 min read
    2. 2 What Should You Look for in a VPN? Guide · 5 min read
    3. 3 Who Controls the Infrastructure? Research · 5 min read
  7. 6

    Maronix

    Using Maronix: installing clients, connecting, choosing a location, reading your connection and troubleshooting.

    3 articles
    Open level →
    1. 1 What Is Maronix? Guide · 6 min read
    2. 2 Installing a Maronix Client Tutorial · 9 min read
    3. 3 Why Maronix Uses VLESS + REALITY Guide · 7 min read