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Why are you using a VPN? I think the main reason (now that Netflix et al block all VPN IPs) is generally that you gain privacy from your traffic being mixed in
by ripdog 6y ago
Why are you using a VPN? I think the main reason (now that Netflix et al block all VPN IPs) is generally that you gain privacy from your traffic being mixed in with hundreds/thousands of other people's originating from a single IP. With running your own VPN server, your IP is trivially tracable back to you as an individual. So now what do you get - encrypting vs. your ISP and/or country hopping (with no streaming except amazon)?
- invaliduser 6y agoNot OP, but as the name suggests, a VPN is a virtual private network: you can use it to create a private subnet from where you can securely access your other computers/resources, even from a remote location. For instance, at work we are mostly remote, and use a VPN (OpenVPN here) to access the local network at the office with our on-premise build servers, and it also allows developers to work together sometimes (one running a debugging server on their dev laptop, another debugging the client from their own laptop as if they were sharing a local network, when actually they are hundreds of miles apart)
- ripdog 6y agoThanks, but I don't need the wikipedia summary of a VPN. It didn't sound ad all like the OP was using his VPN to dial into work. He was dialing into a purpose-build VM which wasn't stated to do anything else - just tunneling his traffic for some unknown reason.
- ViViDboarder 6y agoOp mentioned they use it while traveling. I use a VPN for, what are likely, similar reasons: I don’t trust the hotel networks or I want to access US region locked services while abroad.
- hackeraccount 6y agoThanks for posting this - I was feeling stupid because I couldn't understand the same thing.