pptp was an early M$ attempt at vpn. Not recommended.
A popular use for vpn these days, at least in Canada, is to get access
to U.S. versions of products such as Netflix.
On 06/08/15 09:45 AM, Bob Bernstein wrote:
I became curious about the recent vpn thread here, and went browsing
around the 'net. I was staggered (well, not really, that's just an
expression, right?) to see the huge number of ventures offering free
vpn. I know what vpn is, and what it does, and out of curiosity I have
in the past set it up here with one of the isp's I do business with,
who of course does not charge for that service.
Otoh I do not recall setting up a pptp connection to join his vpn. It
was more like an ssh tunnel iirc. Is pptp a new twist on an old dog --
I haven't read the phrase "chap secrets" since the Good Old BBS dialup
days! -- and, quite frankly, I'm wondering what market supports all
these "free" vpn providers? It can't be all those day traders wanting
to use the hotel wifi to make their millions safely. So, here goes
(send all the kids out of the room); is this all a porn thing?
One is reminded of what happened to Usenet...
Ok...thx!
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