Guest w0.op Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Hi i have a pretty general question about VPNs. I know what they are and what they do, but why would i want to use them on my phone? are there any advantages im not aware off? there seems to be a lot of fuss about them... thx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daveba Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Hi i have a pretty general question about VPNs. I know what they are and what they do, but why would i want to use them on my phone? are there any advantages im not aware off? there seems to be a lot of fuss about them... thx in advance You clearly live in a country with freedom of speech. Not all countries have that. If you need to browse, update your facebook, etc and your ISP blocks it then the only way is via a VPN. Also connecting to your corporate network to get your email, internal documents etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mmeikelinen Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 I use it to get access to all my mp3. Using openVPN I have access to my ~100Gb of mp3 from anywhere in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spammyspam Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 It's essentially a way of being on your local network (as you would when using your home's wifi) but over a public network (like a friend's wifi or your phone's data connection). This way you don't have to set up your specific network resources to be accessible to the wider public. Take windows file sharing for example - you wouldn't in your right mind want to make that publicly accessible even if you did password protect it etc. The same might go for VNC etc. If you're on your local network via VPN, then you don't have to worry about it - the only way in is via the VPN itself which should be super secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Helio Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 It's essentially a way of being on your local network (as you would when using your home's wifi) but over a public network (like a friend's wifi or your phone's data connection). This way you don't have to set up your specific network resources to be accessible to the wider public. Take windows file sharing for example - you wouldn't in your right mind want to make that publicly accessible even if you did password protect it etc. The same might go for VNC etc. If you're on your local network via VPN, then you don't have to worry about it - the only way in is via the VPN itself which should be super secure. Is possible to use without openvpn? I have windows7 running PPTP I can connect and use my home ipadress but cannot browse the files in the network. Do anyone knows if this is possible without openvpn? Regards Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spammyspam Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 They all do the same thing, so yes it should be possible. PPTP support is built in I believe so it should be even easier. To see files over windows sharing you'll need a samba or CIFS client I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest w0.op Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 thanks a lot these were exactly the answers i was looking for :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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