Questions tagged [vpn]
This tag is applied to questions related to various VPN types such as PPTP or IPSec.
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Weird traffic pattern on HTTPS (may or may not be VPN provider related). Can anyone identify what is going on?
I've recently been tightening up drive-by hacking on my systems, and a legitimate (but relatively technically illiterate user) was banned by a fail2ban rule which detected something a bit weird. The ...
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Reasons for blocking a website via VPN but not via Proxy [closed]
My organization (size 120K+ employees) blocks gen AI sites on their wifi network and also when I'm on my home network with VPN enabled (Zscaler). But I can access these gen AI sites from home on my ...
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Can someone with access to the infrastructure of the VPN provider access my or other devices in my local network?
The network of a customer/company/VPN provider is compromised
while using VPN Clients, like for example Check Point Endpoint VPN or (Palo Alto Networks) Global Protect and so on. Would it be possible ...
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Forcing OpenVPN process to run with a specific group using nmcli [migrated]
I am struggling with this script of mine that should prepare a secure VPN connection with VPN kill switch and I need some help.
What I am trying to do (in general):
My goal is to set up a very strict ...
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Is a Three-Layer Post-Quantum Safe VPN Hidden Within Regular IPsec Effective Against Eavesdroppers?
I'm working on designing a VPN that is post-quantum safe while avoiding detection that it uses post-quantum cryptography. The goal is to make the use of post-quantum cryptography indistinguishable to ...
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How to trust clients when they can be reverse-engineered to expose keys/credentials? [duplicate]
I am developing an VPN app, currently on mobile app part (Flutter). I have done server backend side. Client side code is done too. VPN establishment is based on socket communication: Client sends it ...
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Odd repetitive 16character 404 web requests, with json "RefreshTTL" payload
A few weeks ago we had a single user's browser start hitting the server with a peculiar request (IP redacted for their privacy):
1.1.1.1 - - [21/May/2024:07:42:31 +0000] "POST /3kFtdvOkagEQbIxH ...
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Is it safe to use a laptop on a public WiFi with VPN? [duplicate]
Im in a situation where Im moving between apartments and need to live at an extended stay hotel for a week or two.
The hotel does have free WiFi but it is public. If I use my company’s VPN and visit ...
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What can ISP see when John vpn into Tom home where John and Tom use the same ISP?
Here's the flow: (John home. ISP A) → VPN → (Tom home. ISP A)
What can John and Tom do if John and Tom would like to let ISP see the least amount of information possible?
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Popular VPN subnets being blacklisted or blocked
Some websites deploy geolocation services (without us downloading add-on or extra packages or anything). If you use VPN, these websites seem to be able to recognize that and deny services. This tells ...
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Using a static ip (Ipv4) residential ISP proxy / IP address for Binance
My situation is the following:
I am a novice when it comes to information security
Residing in a country other than my home country in Europe I need a way to reliably access Binance.com without ...
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Can my VPN hide my IP address so I can test malware? [duplicate]
I heard that VPN could mask your IP address, but is this perfectly secure? I am trying to open up what I suspect to be malware on a VM, and I obviously don’t want it to be sending my real IP address ...
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Does using a VPN to allow ssh connections provide better security, especially after seeing how CVE-2024-3094 (XZ backdoor) is done?
For my own (public) servers, is it considered a good idea to only allow ssh connections from VPN connections (OpenVPN, Wireguard or otherwise), to mitigate any possible attacks in the future on ssh?
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Is having my college's VPN client on my personal laptop safe in terms of privacy?
I was asked by the college to install Sophos SSL VPN Client on my personal laptop to connect to the college network from home (to carry out tasks like course registration, etc.). I had already ...
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If someone has your VPN password and email address, can they decrypt your VPN traffic?
VPN encrypts your traffic all around. So let's say someone knows your VPN email/password. Would this give them the ability to decrypt all your communications?
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