Yana Volkova
Network engineer, ORION/VPN Protocols team
Yana spent eight years on the wrong end of state-grade DPI before joining the ORION/VPN protocols team in 2024. She works on transport-layer camouflage, packet shaping, and the slow art of making a tunnel look like nothing in particular. Previously: signal-processing research at TU Delft and a long detour through low-latency trading.
Expertise
- Transport-layer protocols
- Deep packet inspection
- QUIC and UDP camouflage
- Network forensics
◆ POSTS
◆ Protocols 2026-05-01 · 11 min read
Deep Packet Inspection explained — how DPI detects VPNs (and how to dodge it)
How deep packet inspection actually works, the three signals that give a VPN away, and the families of countermeasures that survive a hostile network.
Yana Volkova
◆ Fundamentals 2026-05-01 · 15 min read
What is a VPN, and how does it really work?
A plain-English explanation of what a VPN actually is, what it protects you from, and the difference between transports — built for understanding, not buying.
Yana Volkova