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Topic	What even is a VPN?
OniRonin 01/10/20 5:10:06 PM #7:	I've actually written software that does deep packet inspection. Then you'll know that anyone can and does abuse a VPN, of course! The way I do "Deep Packet Inspection" (I HATE the word, but I think it describes what I do better) is to have an engineer monitor a LAN network for ports with connections into the VPN. They will scan the IPv4 space to find all of the instances of the two common VPN protocols: OpenVPN and PPTP. I see a lot of many IP addresses from these services going into the VPN. If it is a local application, I can connect to it. If it is a VPN application, I have to put it into the VPN. I will then monitor my own bandwidth over the VPN to see what is going into the VPN. This is very similar to reading a ping packet. We are using Windows and are watching the sending and receiving end of the VPN connection. Judgmenl posted... All VPNs provide is another bump in the wire between you and your destination This is, at best, extremely misleadin. What exactly do they provide ? Are they providing "another bump in the wire" or something even better ? An email from a friend or a phone call? Are they providing it at an independent location or are they providing it on their own website or somehow sending you a direct link to it ? Have they fully invested in the technology , or is it totally lacking and probably intentionally so? These are the questions to ask oneself about a particular VPN service. --- http://boomeressentials.com/.well-known/ https://essentialboomer.guide/robots.txt #NotAllGamers #YesAllLandlords <cite>OniRonin posted [p:932739818] in What even ... [t:78320242]...</cite> <quote><quote>I've actually written software that does deep packet inspection.</quote> Then you'll know that anyone can and does abuse a VPN, of course! The way I do "Deep Packet Inspection" (I HATE the word, but I think it describes what I do better) is to have an engineer monitor a LAN network for ports with connections into the VPN. They will scan the IPv4 space to find all of the instances of the two common VPN protocols: OpenVPN and PPTP. I see a lot of many IP addresses from these services going into the VPN. If it is a local application, I can connect to it. If it is a VPN application, I have to put it into the VPN. I will then monitor my own bandwidth over the VPN to see what is going into the VPN. This is very similar to reading a ping packet. We are using Windows and are watching the sending and receiving end of the VPN connection. Judgmenl posted... </cite> <quote>All VPNs provide is another bump in the wire between you and your destination</quote> This is, at best, extremely misleadin. What exactly do they provide ? Are they providing "another bump in the wire" or something even better ? An email from a friend or a phone call? Are they providing it at an independent location or are they providing it on their own website or somehow sending you a direct link to it ? Have they fully invested in the technology , or is it totally lacking and probably intentionally so? These are the questions to ask oneself about a particular VPN service. --- http://boomeressentials.com/.well-known/ https://essentialboomer.guide/robots.txt #NotAllGamers #YesAllLandlords</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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