Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-30 Thread Anders Holmberg
vider generally know what these terms mean. I'm not saying that you >>>>> don't need a VPN, please know that up front. I'm only trying to >>>>> ascertain the general reason. You don't have to go into the nitty gritty >>>>> specif

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-30 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yeah, Europe is totally cool with Free-to-Air, they just haven’t caught up with the Internet yet. :) Fortunately some commissioner wants to watch foreign sport or something, and Europe has a common market, so … not long now. :) The BBC still has a place for me, but I’m afraid they’re slipping mo

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-28 Thread christopher hallsworth
ut is it work related, or what? I ask as again, you might not even need >>>> a VPN. Most people who get them do so for an extremely specific reason. >>>> --- >>>> Christopher Gilland >>>> JAWS Certified, 2016. >>>> Training Instructor. >>

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well, licensed or not the Swedish radio can be heard from anywhere in the world so why can’t bbc? But thats another subject so i leave this for now. /A > 27 maj 2016 kl. 01:51 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu : > > As a TV-licence-fee payer, I suppose I should be glad you all appreciate BBC > cont

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
specifics, but is it >>> work related, or what? I ask as again, you might not even need a VPN. >>> Most people who get them do so for an extremely specific reason. >>> --- >>> Christopher Gilland >>> JAWS Certified, 2016. >>> Training Instructor.

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-27 Thread Scott Granados
So just so you know, we here in the US pay for content from the beab as well. Just so you also know, the reason we pay for your content is because our content sucks.:) At least you folks across the pond are still doing interesting things with television and broadcasting. That being sa

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-26 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
As a TV-licence-fee payer, I suppose I should be glad you all appreciate BBC content so much, but also rather resentful at the idea that you’re getting all this lovely content for free while I have to fork out actual cash for it, you swine! :) Geoblocking is utterly braindead, and every effort

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-26 Thread Scott Granados
y gritty specifics, but is it >> work related, or what? I ask as again, you might not even need a VPN. Most >> people who get them do so for an extremely specific reason. >> --- >> Christopher Gilland >> JAWS Certified, 2016. >> Training Instructor. >>

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
I ask as again, you might not even need a VPN. Most > people who get them do so for an extremely specific reason. > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com > Phone: (704) 256-8010. > ----- Original Mes

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-25 Thread christopher hallsworth
A VPN also allows access to geoblocked sites. For example you could access the BBC iPlayer, UK only, from anywhere in the world thanks to a VPN. > On 25 May 2016, at 09:50, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi, > > A VPN is virtual Private network, > > It is like a tunnel that connects your computer se

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-25 Thread Scott Granados
as again, you might not even need a VPN. Most > people who get them do so for an extremely specific reason. > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com > Phone: (704) 256-8010. > ----- Original Message

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-25 Thread Scott Granados
Let’s clear up a few things here. Simon, you’re pretty much on the money but a little clarification. ssh is a secure shell protocol. You can tunnel through it but it’s main focus is to allow remote access to devices over encrypted sessions. The security options are very good but it’s not your

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-25 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
one: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: "Simon Fogarty" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:50 AM Subject: RE: Pptp or vpn. Hi, A VPN is virtual Private network, It is like a tunnel that connects your computer securely to your home network or more commonly to your

RE: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi, A VPN is virtual Private network, It is like a tunnel that connects your computer securely to your home network or more commonly to your work place network through secure protocols PPTP is a transmition protocol which is used in some VPN connections, it's a more common protocol and i

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-24 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
PPTP is a particular VPN protocol, so you don’t choose between PPTP and VPN but PPTP and some other protocol. PPTP is very convenient because it’s widely used and supported by everything, but it’s less secure than other protocols such as OpenVPN or IPSec. I prefer IPSec myself, as it’s standar