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Originally Posted by janusz
If you use WiFi with some sort of encryption, plus ssh/https to sites which require information you consider sensitive, what's the additional protection offered by VPN?
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Not a lot (I would think) janusz. The primary focus of VPN (as I see it) is to protect a network of computers (sitting on a LAN) The way VPN is usually set up, is that a server (running OpenVPN or similar) utilizing a Firewall, will let nothing through (from within or without) unless it is able to decipher the keys of the appropriate encryption, of the machines (requiring inside or outside access) In order to be most secure, the server (running VPN) should be set up with two network cards - one for the WAN the other for the LAN.