PPTP or SSL based VPN?

I am looking to use either HotSpot VPN (PPTP based) or Megaproxy VPN (SSL based) for internet surfing at hotspots and also VOIP over Wi-Fi.

Could someone please comments on the pros/cons of each and which offers better overall security?

thanks

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Conventional wisdom is you should not tunnel TCP through TCP. It's a performance issue more of a security issue--you get a lot more packet round trips since both levels have to send acknowledgement packets, etc. Also, if both levels drop IP packets (wifi will drop a lot), the two levels of retry protocol interact badly and things grind to a halt.

It's better to use IPSEC which runs over IP directly, than to use two levels of TCP.

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Paul Rubin

Both PPTP and SSL-based VPNs offer adequate and practically equivalent levels of confidentiality.

The Megaproxy SSL VPN

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seems to provide Web browsing capability only, whereas the HotSponVPN
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should support more protocols, as PPTP VPN is soething like virtual network cable. That is, Megaproxy won't give you VoIP support, and you might have pproblems with HotSpotVPN - depending on their IP addressing scheme and use of NAT.

Some Wi-Fi access providers support WPA that eliminates the need for additional privacy tools. An example is T-Mobile Hotspot service - the secure connection software is available from

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You're welcome with further questions.

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S. Pidgorny

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