XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <0773d5d02e05a95d59ca61f197e780d3@dizum.com>,   
   rayne   wrote:   
   >On 04 Sep 2024, Stan Brown  posted some   
   >news:MPG.41423d3945a6fe57990362@news.individual.net:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Rather than hijack the existing VPN thread, I'm starting a new one.   
   >>   
   >> With HTTPS nearly universal (and absolutely universal among sites   
   >> where I have to log in), is there even a need for VPNs any more?   
   >>   
   >> (I understand that a VPN may be able to help you pretend to be   
   >> logging in from another country, but I'm not interested in doing   
   >> that. My concern is simply with a secure connection with my bank or   
   >> my health-care provider when I'm using a public Wifi. Doesn't HTPS   
   >> prevent anyone else from accessing my login session?)   
   >   
   >Absolutely there is, and not for illicit purposes either.   
   >   
   >VPNS can be used to interconnect remote sites and mobile users, plus a   
   >myriad of other services.   
   >   
   >HTTPS is HTTP with encryption and verification. The only difference   
   >between the two protocols is that HTTPS uses TLS (SSL) to encrypt normal   
   >HTTP requests and responses, and to digitally sign those requests and   
   >responses. As a result, HTTPS is far more secure than HTTP.   
   >   
   >Here's a case in point for VPNs.   
   >   
   >Many corporations have moved to cloud based solutions.  Some home workers   
   >have found AZURE blocking their home Internet connections for no reason   
   >and an admin must go in and clear it.  That takes time and interferes with   
   >their scheduling.  Enter a VPN connection.  The blocked worker can connect   
   >to corporate services using any 3rd party VPN, and AZURE lets them right   
   >in, no questions asked.   
   >   
      
   OpenVPn and Wireguards are the way to go!   
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