Ghery
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Ghery Pettit
So, how do I get rid of a PM that is SPAM? This is a new experience on PoA.
So, how do I get rid of a PM that is SPAM? This is a new experience on PoA.
We got people from everywhere around here. Australia, Israel, South America, Canada, wherever Henning is these days, Texas....we don't discriminate.Maybe half an hour if you're skilled at scripting, not that big of a deal. If a form submission can easily be scripted on a page, it invites spammers. The best way to get rid of them is a very rigorous application process but then that deters real users from signing up. Another good way is to block certain IP ranges, such as everything from Asia. Afterall, this IS an American forum.
6PC and I thank you for thatTexas....we don't discriminate.
We got people from everywhere around here. Australia, Israel, South America, Canada, wherever Henning is these days, Texas....we don't discriminate.
If you travel, VPN is definitely your friend. Or maybe I should say "necessity".
If you travel, VPN is definitely your friend. Or maybe I should say "necessity".
If you travel, VPN is definitely your friend. Or maybe I should say "necessity".
VPN is something I never figured out how to successfully setup for my situation. But realize it could be useful. Any "...for dummies" resources out there to get this going?
VPN is something I never figured out how to successfully setup for my situation. But realize it could be useful. Any "...for dummies" resources out there to get this going?
VPN is something I never figured out how to successfully setup for my situation. But realize it could be useful. Any "...for dummies" resources out there to get this going?
What do you want to use it for ? To get into your business network remotely ? Or are you just interested in appearing to be in the US when you are not ?
Go to CyberGhost.com...
VPN is something I occasionally hear is recommended but I'm not sure why.
Accessing your bank account? Really good idea even though your banks website initiates an encrypted connection as soon as you start the login process (at least as far as I know they all do).
What do you want to use it for ? To get into your business network remotely ? Or are you just interested in appearing to be in the US when you are not ?
Remote connection to office network.
OK thanks. Sounds like something that wouldn't do me any good. I access financial sites on the road but I have no need to access my employer's network. We have a way of doing that using remote desktop but I would never route my personal browsing through their network even if it wasn't a slow as molasses. It might occasionally be convenient to appear to be in the US when I am in Canada since some sites (especially streaming sites) are blocked but I don't care about that enough to go to the trouble of setting up a VPN as has been described here.A Virtual Private Network (VPN) establishes an encrypted link from your computer all the way into the (hopefully) private network. Now all of your internet activity is encrypted through all the local infrastructure. So that guy sniffing the free WiFi at Starbucks can't read your traffic. Nor can the local ISP or the intelligence service of outer Slobolvia where you've got a 3 day layover. All your internet activity initiates from the private network on the other end, just as if you were actually on that local network.
It's a good security measure for networks which are public or not trust worthy-which nowadays is pretty much any public network. Wether to use one depends on what kind of surfing you do and how sensitive you are about your browsing habits being known. Looking for cat videos? Probably don't care. Accessing your bank account? Really good idea even though your banks website initiates an encrypted connection as soon as you start the login process (at least as far as I know they all do).
Jesse and Nate know far more about this than I do, but there it is in laymans terms.
John
Who manages your network ?
VPN access into your network is typically configured through the firewall or a 'VPN router'. It involves a piece of software on your mobile computer that when activated establishes a secure 'tunnel' to your firewall and changes the network address of your mobile computer to one that is within your company network. All your company information remains within either your mobile computer, the company network and the VPN tunnel between them.
On the cheap end I have used this on a WRV200 router from linksys. Once you get into more sophisticated firewalls it is a standard feature, it still requires someone to set it up.
Behind the router, I guess I'm the one who handles the day-to-day network stuff. Currently very small business simple. A server with our yard management system, A gigabit switch, 8 workstations, and a wireless access point.
My desire is the ability to access the yard management system when I am out of the office, and do it more "directly" than using a connection like LogMeIn.com
Behind the router, I guess I'm the one who handles the day-to-day network stuff. Currently very small business simple. A server with our yard management system, A gigabit switch, 8 workstations, and a wireless access point.
My desire is the ability to access the yard management system when I am out of the office, and do it more "directly" than using a connection like LogMeIn.com
That Web site appears to be in Dutch. Do they have an English language version?
Behind the router, I guess I'm the one who handles the day-to-day network stuff. Currently very small business simple. A server with our yard management system, A gigabit switch, 8 workstations, and a wireless access point.
Sonicwall offers two kinds of VPN. One is SSL based and you log in with a web client. This is great if you work from different computers and you can't really install local software. The other is an IPSEC tunnel based VPN where you install a client with a file containing a key on your local computer. The cheapest unit they sell (TZ105) only has the SSL based VPN, the next one up (TZ205) offers the IPSEC based system. Unless you have two different ISPs and need to set up a failover system, you wont need the highest level (TZ215) in their range.
Good description, but one minor correction: the TZ-105 has IPSEC VPN as well as the SSL connection. I have a TZ-100 and use IPSEC with their Global VPN client, as well as using SSL with the Sonicwall client (SSL allows either a Sonicwall client or web access)- I avoid the web access.
OMG, OMG they block a service that they also sell to their own commercial clients. Where is the net neutrality when you need it. Where is my pitchfork ?The SSL VPN tends to do better through some firewalls and it works with mobile hotspots (I've found that ATT and Verizon sometimes block IPSEC pass-through in their systems, which is sub-optimal).
The TZ100/200 series will only push about 8 Mb/sec thru a VPN tunnel. If that's faster than your Net connection or as fast as you need to go, no problem.