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communication:security [2017/10/27 00:19]
frater_secessus [Wireless security]
communication:security [2017/10/27 00:34]
frater_secessus [VPN]
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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 from the world in order to foil geolocation 
 +  * 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 since those are already encrypted.
  
 ==== what about Three Letter Agencies ==== ==== what about Three Letter Agencies ====
communication/security.txt · Last modified: 2020/10/11 19:48 (external edit)