XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: jim@jimXscott.co.uk   
      
   In article , Paul   
    says...   
      
   >> I didn't know it was so easy.   
   >>   
   >   
   > It's no good if it leaks.   
      
   It doesn't really matter if all I'm doing is changing my IP address   
   for applications that don't normally deal directly with such things.   
      
   > Very few people know how to properly write TAP and TUN software.   
      
   I'm not running from the law. I just want a new IP address.   
      
   > The companies that make virtual machine hosting, they know how   
   > to do it. That's why their network stacks are always so complicated.   
      
   Are you saying that open source free openvpn client is not safe to use?   
      
   > If the software was written properly, "services" are segregated   
   > to the system side and they run with the SYSTEM account.   
      
   All it needs to do for me is give me a different IP address.   
      
   > User space   
   > applications run as a user, and the networking "appears ordinary"   
   > to the applications that the user may use. You don't want stuff   
   > running from a shell to be elevated, in case it aids some exploit   
   > to get into the machine.   
   >   
   > Sure, getting stuff to run on a computer is easy.   
      
   It was easy. All I needed was the openvpn.exe client & a config file.   
      
   > Figuring out the implications, is hard. Am I safe ?   
      
   Why do I care if I'm safe when all I want is a different IP address?   
      
   > Did I do a bad thing to my security ? These are questions   
   > you have to constantly ask when using a computer.   
      
   I'm not sure why all that matters when all I wanted was a new IP address.   
      
   Do you know of another free way to get instantly any number of IP addresses   
   for whatever it is I want to do (not all of which are using web browsers)?   
   --   
   Jim S   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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