Or use ssh to do a similar job.

 Secure connection to your home network.

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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg
Sent: Saturday, 8 April 2017 12:30 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Deal, free or paid vpn that works with Voiceover on Mac and iOS?

Hi!
I have a small question.
I guess a mac mini also could act as a good and stable vpn-server?
I was thinking of putting open vpn server on it and use the ethernet port for 
incomming data and the wifi for all my stuff here.
/A
> 6 apr. 2017 kl. 21:01 skrev Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com>:
> 
> Nancy, there’s nothing about VPNs that make them inaccessible that I know of. 
>  Your Mac has several fully accessible clients built in along with lots of 
> add on packages all that work fine.  Do you by chance know what client your 
> IT team wants you to use?  I’d be happy to speak about it directly if you 
> know what’s being used.  In general though, I would not worry about voice 
> over compatibility.
> 
>> On Apr 5, 2017, at 9:41 PM, Nancy Badger <nancybad...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Scott,
>> Thanks very much for the info. I am asking because our IT people want to set 
>> up a VPN because of the nature of the things I do at work. So you are saying 
>> that this would most likely be voiceover friendly and easy for me to use? I 
>> understand basically what it is. I'm just not sure if it will work with 
>> voiceover.
>> Thanks
>> Nancy
>> 
>> Nancy Badger, Ph.D
>> Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from 
>> my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.
>> 
>>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 10:50 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Nancy, let me give you a bit of background.
>>> 
>>> VPN stands for virtual private network.  Basically what it means is there 
>>> can be network resources or services you want to get to privately and 
>>> securely.  Another use, your use most likely, is you want to secure the 
>>> communication from your device to a wired secure destination where someone 
>>> in the middle can’t grab your information on the way by.  Say you were at a 
>>> public WiFi point and you didn’t use a VPN.  It’s possible for example with 
>>> my computer I could be sitting a table over from you and grab your name / 
>>> password and over time more and more critical data as you use your computer 
>>> not even knowing what I’m up to.  So a VPN encrypts that data and makes it 
>>> impossible for me to intercept.  That’s very important for public WiFi.
>>> 
>>> They are very easy to use.  A client is installed on your computer and you 
>>> activate it by clicking connect on a panel or at most entering in a name 
>>> and password.  If you use keys you may hit connect only and not need 
>>> anything more than that.  In other cases you can have them automatically 
>>> connect once booted.  It’s up to the user.  Typically they are quite 
>>> accessible on most platforms, options range from free on up and it’s a 
>>> matter of installing software.
>>> 
>>> There are other types of VPNs and all sorts of configurations, I’m going to 
>>> leave them out for now as to not confuse you worse then I may have already. 
>>>  Let me know if you have any questions.
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Nancy Badger <nancybad...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Are you saying that this one actually does work with voiceover? I don't 
>>>> know anything about VPNs. Are they easy to use? Thanks in advance.
>>>> Nancy
>>>> 
>>>> Nancy Badger, Ph.D
>>>> Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent 
>>>> from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 9:30 AM, -dan d. <dandun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Current deal, $29 lifetime membership.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ScienceAlert deal: TigerVPN can help protect your browsing history 
>>>>> from ISPs
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.sciencealert.com/sciencealert-deal-tigervpn-can-help-pr
>>>>> otect-your-browsing-history-from-internet-service-providers
>>>>> 
>>>>> XB
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