> On Nov 14, 2015, at 03:11 , Roland Dobbins <rdobb...@arbor.net> wrote:
>
> On 14 Nov 2015, at 16:05, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
>> Lots of VPN services out there like the ones mentioned earlier in the thread
>> have made it nearly as simple to install and operate a VPN.
>
> Until the setup and functionality are automagic, we're not going to see broad
> use of VPNs by non-specialists.
The point you seem to be missing is that your “until…” is already met.
I know of at least one ISP that is providing CPE with VPN pre-configured and
built in.
I know of several other software/service solutions that are literally
download-launch-subscribe. (download client software, launch installer, supply
payment information for subscription).
> VPN functionality is built into pretty much every mainstream (and many
> non-mainstream) OS out there, including mobile devices. But it isn't
> something that's simple; users have to at a minimum install and accept a VPN
> profile, which means they have to go looking for a service in the first place.
You’re not looking at the right VPN software. The built-in stuff is crap that
is years behind the current state of the art.
> I'm wondering if perhaps major OS vendors/developers may start
> offering/OEMing VPN services, or at least distributing profiles in the same
> way as browser vendors/developers distribute CA certs?
More likely this is going to be iterations of what is already being more widely
accepted. Downloadable pre-configured client software that works with a
particular VPN service.
Point-click-subscribe model seems to receive fairly wide adoption among people
sufficiently interested in bypassing {insert network damage here} to pay a
monthly fee for a service that will do it.
I think the going rate is something like $5/month for US VPNs last time I
looked.
Owen
