Valerie Leveille wrote:
> I have cable modem service at home. I have a firewall set up and
> occasionally I connect through a VPN tunnel to a local office or to the
> corporate office to transfer files or to download email. Well....my cable
> modem provider just changed the subscriber agreement. Basically it says
> that if I use a VPN or a VPN tunneling protocol on their network my service
> will be terminated!
Does "VPN tunneling protocol" include a ssh session with a few
port forwarding values setup, (such as IMAP, SMTP, telnet, news,
X11, web proxying, ...)?
It's not quite VPN, but gives a fairly reasonable (and secure)
level of service to which to telecommute.
Bryan Dongray
PS Not that my cable modem provider has such a clause (well - yet).
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