SSL-VPN’s, they have many uses… Security, remote network access, and my favorite use… Evasion.
Now in this case I’m not talking about evading cyber crime or anything like that, I’m talking about evading blocks on free wireless networks. I’m currently in college and right now we have free wifi acesss, however there are two major issues with this…
1) Its a public network (security issues)
2) They block ports/hostnames
oh, and one more
3) I have to login (they can log my actions)
So we have some issues, the great thing with an ssl vpn is that port 443 is rarely blocked, ssl is (semi) secure…. (at least from the schools logs) and of course when I connect to my home vpn I now have access to my home ip address and have access to the ports I need.
So now I have access to my chat/im’s, etc… Gotta love it.