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communication:security [2017/10/27 00:17] frater_secessus [your connection to the net] |
communication:security [2017/10/27 00:34] frater_secessus [VPN] |
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- | ====== Wireless security ====== | + | ====== Wireless security |
- | + | Because nomads, by definition, don't stay in one place their internet connection is usually wireless (ie, radio based). | |
- | Wifi and mobile data are both based on radios | + | |
- you are transmitting sensitive data; //and// | - you are transmitting sensitive data; //and// | ||
- the data is unencrypted at any point along the route | - the data is unencrypted at any point along the route | ||
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==== VPN ==== | ==== VPN ==== | ||
- | A vpn encrypts one or more of the first hops. After the VPN exit the traffic is just as it was: either secured or unsecured. | + | A vpn encrypts one or more of the first hops and exits Somewhere Else. After the VPN exit the traffic is just as it was: either secured or unsecured. |
- | The real value of a VPN is to hide one's IP from the world or hide traffic from an employer, ISP, or someone else in the first few hops. It does not increase security for people already using secured websites. | + | The real value of a VPN is: |
+ | * hide one's IP address | ||
+ | * hide traffic from an employer, ISP, or someone else //in the first few hops//. It does not increase security for people already using secured websites | ||
==== what about Three Letter Agencies ==== | ==== what about Three Letter Agencies ==== |