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On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:53:22 +0100 Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 23 Sep 2015 16:37, "Neil Winchurst" <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I seem to get more and more rubbish emails. I also read articles in > > the papers that tell me that it is all getting worse. So I have > > been looking at VPN's. > > > > I can see the idea but, as ever, the more I research the more I get > > confused. Is a VPN a good idea, mainly to help with personal > > security? It seems that some of them are for Windows only, so which > > are recommended for Linux? If necessary I don't mind paying. > > > > If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very > > grateful, even if the advice is 'don't bother'. > > > > Neil > > Hi Neil, > > I used to use an SSH tunnel as a rudimentary VPN. It was relatively > easy to set up and very easy to use. I am struggling a little with > why a VPN would make any difference to the amount of SPAM you receive. > > Grant No, not for the spam, I know there is no answer to that, just made me think of security generally, and I came across the idea of a VPN. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq