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  • Re: OT: Is there even a need fopr VPNs any more?

    From rayne@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 5 09:35:38 2024
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On 04 Sep 2024, Stan Brown <[email protected]> posted some news:[email protected]:


    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.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Sep 5 11:48:47 2024
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    In article <[email protected]>,
    rayne <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 04 Sep 2024, Stan Brown <[email protected]> posted some >news:[email protected]:


    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.


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