From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9DEA158094 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2022 23:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3C03E0F77; Fri, 5 Aug 2022 23:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1105c7.megamailservers.com (mail774.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3314E0DF6 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2022 23:09:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Authenticated-User: admin@sys-concept.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=megamailservers.com; s=mailtor; t=1659740953; bh=09P4xhoqcm6UBgnwMpQ1h9yEXA6pQ8tFm7147YI8qE8=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=XYcKKNbC2KV5MtcTkWCdgqaC/GcDb1r90kNAo9LsaDPwhrs+I3S9MxqcG9RxmoM6W 9n/2WJTEpRtrV3pu1rozB1BEY3HL/v1wr1EDbOa9GiEV7yQdiwfztFueLK9U6ZE09I C65tSWeBSQEflS5E/bDC7aNtlHB1w7ApmQdHurB8= Feedback-ID:thelma@sys-conc X-VIP: 69.49.109.100 Received: from [10.0.0.109] 184.69.242.18":"4110 ([184.69.242.18]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1105c7.megamailservers.com (8.14.9/8.13.1) with ESMTP id 275N9BKW107069 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2022 19:09:13 -0400 Message-ID: <805c7575-a8cf-4464-b716-88b837ac82aa@sys-concept.com> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 17:09:08 -0600 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.11.0 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info Content-Language: en-CA To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <570389b9-9690-dd8d-3610-61561196131f@gmail.com> <2661437.mvXUDI8C0e@wstn> <1877eb2f-1408-2649-4983-f1b38bfa2d75@gmail.com> From: thelma@sys-concept.com In-Reply-To: <1877eb2f-1408-2649-4983-f1b38bfa2d75@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A742F1C.62EDA319.0016:SCFSTAT54230205,ss=1,re=-4.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: -4.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-VADE-SPAMSTATE: clean X-VADE-SPAMSCORE: 0 X-VADE-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvfedrvdefvddgudelucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecujffquffvqffrkfetpdfqfgfvpdfgpfggqdevjeenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuvfhfhfgjtgfgsehtkeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpehthhgvlhhmrgesshihshdqtghonhgtvghpthdrtghomhenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeduvdetffdtkeelgfeukeehhfduudeuheduhfetgeeugfelgfegffeivefgvedttdenucffohhmrghinhepghgvnhhtohhordhorhhgnecukfhppedukeegrdeiledrvdegvddrudeknecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehinhgvthepudekgedrieelrddvgedvrddukedphhgvlhhopegluddtrddtrddtrddutdelngdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhgvlhhmrgesshihshdqtghonhgtvghpthdrtghomhdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepuddprhgtphhtthhopehgvghnthhoohdquhhsvghrsehlihhsthhsrdhgvghnthhoohdrohhrgh X-Origin-Country: CA X-Archives-Salt: d2ab369e-a53b-49a8-9068-07c0f366c823 X-Archives-Hash: f345f4eac379b43c9cd4c26457075251 On 7/16/22 10:41, Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Saturday, 16 July 2022 11:57:25 BST Dale wrote: >> >>> Basically, I can upload files as fast as I download them. Now I can upload >>> videos or something. >> ...or run a web server! >> > > > That's way above anything I'd want to tackle.  Heck, this VPN thing is a > bit confusing.  I've never seen it used before so sort of lost with it. > Maybe once installed it will make sense. > > Dale > > :-)  :-) Check out this post I made some time ago: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8028944.html#8028944 It might give you better understanding what it does, and how it is implemented. OpenVPN is just encrypted communication between two networks over public internet (your ISP can not snoop on what you are doing).