[dba-Tech] To V. or Not to V.

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi All:

To my understanding, most VPNs are used by businesses who need a secure tunnel between offices and departments...but OTOH, just knowing that the personal use of a VPN, obscures an individual's identity and therefore robs our internet owners and controllers from profiting from our travels is pleasing. It may be little more than an almost insignificant gesture but if you can not change what is at least a person doesn't have to feed the beast.

OTOH, I have found the best application (free, open source and runs on all platforms) is OpenSSH software. Many businesses I know use this product. (I.E.: the Canadian banks):

https://www.openssh.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSH

A general list of users is the who's who of business:

https://www.openssh.com/users.html

Jim  

----- Original Message -----
From: "rockysmolin" <RockySmolin at bchacc.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 11:37:23 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] To V. or Not to V.

I think  The primary reason for a VPN is that you don’t want anyone to
know the websites that you’re visiting, or the communications between
you and others via the web. Since I don’t worry about either of these,
I looked into the idea of a VPN and decided I didn’t need it. 

R


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [dba-Tech] To V. or Not to V.
From: Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, May 17, 2019 7:44 am
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>

<Preamble>
Given my status as a senior and semi-retired person, you might wonder
why I
have four computers -- make that five, if you include my phone. My main
squeeze runs Mint 19. Her neighbour on the East side runs Win10 Pro, and
her neighbour on the East side runs Window7. The LG tablet runs Android,
and so does the phone.
</Preamble>
I've just read an article about setting up one's personal VPN, and
clearly
I need hand-holding. The first question is, why do I want one? My
provider
claims to provide secure protection from intruders, so why do I need
additional prophylactics?
Given my acknowledged status as an old fart, please forgive me for
asking
this. Why do I need a VPN? And also, given the disparity of my
hardware,m
plus the fact that mainly I live on the Mint 19 laptop, visiting the
others
only occasionally, is there a recipe for making all these boxes speak
together, and all of them speak tmy two printers? I am totally
overwhelmed... and to think I once considered myself a programmer. Wpw.
I
grow old, I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

-- 
Arthur
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