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