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Re: [LUG] VPN

 

On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:35:09 +0100
jah <jah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 23/09/15 16:35, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > Is a VPN a good idea, mainly to help with personal security?
> >
> > Neil
> >
> It's impossible to say, without you making plain which threats you
> wish to protect yourself from. You might be interested in some NSA
> documents [1] about large-scale VPN exploitation, published by Der
> Spiegel in December.
> 
> jah
> 
> [1]:
> http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-documents-attacks-on-vpn-ssl-tls-ssh-tor-a-1010525.html
> "Attacks on VPN"
> 
> 

Wow. A lot of reading, will check it out later. I just want to try to
keep any logs on my internet activity as limited as possible. I just
think it is my business, and no one else's. 

I have not yet checked out my ISP about what they log, will do so soon.
It can't hurt to use a VPN can it? I am just wondering if there is not
much point to it all.

Neil

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