Thanks Lee. I did change my exit node to one in the U.S. and it still wouldn’t let me stream.
I’ll try it again. > On Jan 1, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So what is an exit node and how do I use it? And Ed, what is unlocator and >> how do you use it? > > When you connect to a VPN, all your outbound traffic is encrypted on your > computer and sent to a computer operated by the VPN company. The VPN company > decrypts your traffic and sends it out through one of their computers. The > computer it uses to send it out is the exit node. Anyone you talk to on the > Internet thinks you are coming from the exit node rather than from your own > computer. Replies to your traffic are sent to the exit node where the VPN > service encrypts the traffic and sends it on to you where it is decrypted and > dealt with. > > The VPN service is just a middle man used to hide your location. > > If you’re still using PIA, it’s the list of connections you see on a Mac > under the menu bar robot-man thingie. If you just choose “Connect” it will > pick a good exit node based on where you are and how busy the nodes are. But, > you can choose any one of several dozen nodes scattered around the universe > just by scrolling down the list. > > It’s interesting to pick a node like Seoul, Melbourne or Helsinki, just to > see the strange ads that sometimes appear when you’re Web surfing. > > HNY, > > L^2 > > PS/ Unlocator is a Danish company that uses a smart DNS proxy to mask your > location. This is a technique to play a trick on the global DNS system to > spoof your location. > > --- > Lee Larson > [email protected] > > They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me > sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days. — Garrison Keillor > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=WodixJFhVr8FEL_Zgs867MoxHJ4UerHzJ2vgbKVq41s&s=1ikqbaJjUYQlSb3bHTVYHowJgIJFB-BdkpBZxghn2c8&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
