<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jan 27, 2011, at Jan 27, 20115:29 PM, Chris Van Cleve wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">There is no benefit to running the software when the VPN is at home unless you have a constant connection to the VPN server and its proxies.<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is the heart of my question. Does it make sense to have a constant connection to the 'vPN server when you are at home behind firewall. </div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>Clear as mud? ;)</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Yep.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; ">Thanks,</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Chris Van Cleve</div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="mailto:chris@vanclevefamily.net">chris@vanclevefamily.net</a></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><i>Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be...</i></div>
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<br><div><div>On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Accessing the Internet through a VPN will be slower than through the normal home network. The only reason to do it is for security purposes.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Ray Bowler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbowler@mchsi.com">rbowler@mchsi.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I installed VPN on my spouses computer to use at public hotspots. Would there be any advantage in leaving it connected at home behind a firewall? One vendor implies that it improves security the other says that it doesn't. A reason to not have it on is that the normal mail settings will not allow email to be downloaded.<br>
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