<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Then the simple answer is no, it doesn't really make sense unless you like slowing down your internet experience and allowing whoever runs the VPN server to collect data on your habits.<div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>Thanks,</div><div>Chris Van Cleve</div><div><a href="mailto:chris@vanclevefamily.net">chris@vanclevefamily.net</a></div><div><br></div><div><i>Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be...</i></div></span>
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<br><div><div>On Jan 27, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Ray Bowler 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; "><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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