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Posted on 9 August 20239 August 2023

It’s holiday time again – dust off that VPN!

Using a VPN when on holiday

The first thing to say is that a VPN is for life – not just for the holidays. What’s a VPN? I could tell you about internet tunnels and cryptography here – I passed the secure networking test at Uni, but let’s keep it simple. It is a private, secure …

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Posted on 12 June 202312 June 2023

Another network hardware flaw – this time VPNs

Lat week it was Barracuda this week it is Fortinet VPNs: Fortinet fixes critical RCE flaw in Fortigate SSL-VPN devices, patch now (bleepingcomputer.com) By now you should have realised that network hardware has to be on your cyber security to do list. A note on VPNs I am away this …

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Posted on 19 April 202312 June 2023

I am out of the office so time to use the VPN

Using a VPN when on holiday

I am away this week, writing – tying to finish two eBooks that are overdue and attending a cyber security conference – which means I am going to point you at one of my previous articles for my Wednesday bit this week. VPNs However I will keep it topical as …

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Posted on 25 March 20235 April 2023

VPN are important for everyone’s privacy and security

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Some governments do not like private citizen using VPNs to hide their online activities and protect their privacy. Here is an opinion piece from Ashley Belanger on Ars Technica discussing this: Fighting VPN criminalization should be Big Tech’s top priority, activists say | Ars Technica

Posted on 27 February 202328 February 2023

Edge and VPN

I am big on the using VPNs as a step in good cyber security – catch up on why a VPN is an essential tool for any organisation: Do you have a “work from anywhere” policy? We’ll start with a VPN. – CyberAwake I am away working at the moment …

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