VPNs for RAX50

I'm with schumaku @ what do you want to do with a VPN?

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JimmyW wrote:

I just thought that a VPN would provide an additional layer of security and privacy.

 

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This is one of those marketing ploys that IT businesses deploy to scare us all witless.

As the ISPs, network operators and the likes of Microsoft and Apple, not to mention the designers of network hardware, get better at protecting us, the "security" industry has to be more imaginative in the scare stories it deploys to extract money from our wallets.

Careful use of your network and keeping software up to date seems to keep most people safe. Modern browsers also have ways of shielding your behaviour.

Of course, nothing will protect people from doing seriously dumb things, like handing out banking details to dodgy websites, such as those claiming to be affiliated to Netgear.

How do I identify an official NETGEAR website or social media account? - NETGEAR Support

There may be a reasons for using different types of VPN.

Getting onto your network from the outside world is available free from Netgear. schumaku has given you a good pointer there.

Accessing things like regionally locked material – British TV in the US and vice versa – needs a different sort of VPN. But that is hardly a "security and privacy" tool.

Then there is the need to get Into a corporate network when you are working at home, for example. That sort of thing is best left to the people who want you to access their system. They will be paranoid about security and privacy and won't want you messing around with their toys.