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FTA: > What WARP Is Not > From a technical perspective, WARP is a VPN. But it is designed for a very different audience than a traditional VPN. WARP is not de
by est 7y ago
FTA:
> What WARP Is Not
> From a technical perspective, WARP is a VPN. But it is designed for a very different audience than a traditional VPN. WARP is not designed to allow you to access geo-restricted content when you’re traveling. It will not hide your IP address from the websites you visit. If you’re looking for that kind of high-security protection then a traditional VPN or a service like Tor are likely better choices for you.
- kabacha 7y agoThen what does it do? > WARP, instead, is built for the average consumer. It’s built to ensure that your data is secured while it’s in transit. So the networks between you and the applications you’re using can’t spy on you. Isn't that what ssl does already lol? What a load of sham.
- est 7y ago> Then what does it do? From my limited guess, you dial into Cloudflare's intranet, access CDN'd content inside a giant & very fast NAT.
- KeepingItToasty 7y agoSSL/TLS encrypts your traffic between you and a server but by itself doesn't prevent your ISP from snooping some information about your encrypted connection. If you aren't using Secure DNS & DNSSEC, they may be able to see and intercept your DNS queries. If you don't use TLS 1.3, they can see the SSL certificate of the website you are connecting to. If you don't encrypt your Server Name Indication (SNI), they can see the hostname of the server you are connecting to. This all allows your ISP to figure out which websites you are connecting to and this can be used to prevent you from accessing certain websites, sell your browsing history to an advertising agency, etc. You can read more about it here: https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encrypted-sni/ https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/encrypted-sni/ P.S. I don't work for Cloudflare.
- kabacha 7y agoAll that to hide hostnames from your ISP? Again, what a load of sham.