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What about using Windows 10 then which comes with a built-in VPN client? (A genuine concern of mine, we're building an embedded product based on Win 10 IoT and
by zvrba 9y ago
What about using Windows 10 then which comes with a built-in VPN client?
(A genuine concern of mine, we're building an embedded product based on Win 10 IoT and using its PPTP VPN for remote diagnostics.)
- novaleaf 9y agoa vpn client isn't very useful without a server to connect to, so I assume that means win10 with a vpn client isnt a problem. have any more technical details on how this is an issue?
- zvrba 9y agoHe was sentenced for selling "VPN software", which Win10 has built-in. Did he also run a VPN server (not mentioned in the article)?
- alviezhang 9y agoThe GFW(Great Firewall) has blocked many protocols, such as IPSec, L2TP/IPSec, PPTP and OpenVPN.
- zvrba 9y agoSSTP (tunneling via HTTPS) is the interesting one.
- JulienSchmidt 9y agoPPTP is obsolete and fundamentally insecure. And that isn't news but known at least since 1998 (!): https://www.schneier.com/academic/pptp/ https://www.schneier.com/academic/pptp/ It is unlikely that it would be blocked in China since eavesdropping is easily possible. (Vanilla) OpenVPN is blocked in China, likewise is IPsec and L2TP. SSTP can also easily be detected via Active Probing but I'm not sure if the GFW currently does that.