On 22/03/14 00:59, Neil Sedger wrote:
If you don't need to access your remote machine then no you don't need a VPN.
Well it depends on the context, Chris I think your request would have made more sense within the context of the last thread ?
I use my home VPN not necessarily to gain access to resources at home but to tunnel my internet connection via my home gateway. This gets me around the ssh problem I have also encountered (as per the last thread) and means that if I use any unencrypted protocols then I am somewhat protected from snooping at the internet cafe end, or on larger wifi networks there have been reported issues with MitM attacks, which if you aren't paying attention could catch you out.
It also sometimes manages to bypass some of the captive payment portals but that's another story :-)
It does also mean that if I wanted to access resources at home then I don't have to expose them directly to the public internet, so I only have to worry about one easy to monitor and manage thing being compromised.