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[Jim Birch]

I suggest you read lifehacker's pages on VPN.  This compares services and
is updated periodically.

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/12/five-best-vpn-service-providers-for-2016/

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/09/why-you-need-a-vpn-and-how-to-choose-one/

A domestic VPN is a service that encrypts a connection through to a server
somewhere else in the world and so you appear to be accessing the web and
other services from that location.  These things typically install a small
application that reconfigures your network connection when you switch the
VPN on so are pretty painless to use for browsing or streaming on a
computer.  They will generally have a some kind of a pick list of your exit
country.

There are more advanced setups that run a gateway application on one
machine on your network that any local device, eg another pc, a phone or a
tv, can use.  This means individual devices don't need to install anything
they just change the default gateway to the vpn app box.  Some VPN
providers may provide this application.

The biggest user segment in Australia are people who want to access the
more extensive content on US Netflix, but there are other people who want
to hide their connections for various reasons.  In terms of metadata
collected by the Australian government, this should show a single encrypted
connection to single overseas ip address (which they may know as a vpn
provider) but not all the stuff you browse or access.


Jim

On 22 December 2016 at 17:09, Brenda Aynsley <bpa at iss.net.au> wrote:

> Here's an ingenue asking for the 'beginners guide to VPN' when one
> really should already know this stuff?
>
> Anyone got nothing to do over the christmas break once Christmas day is
> over and feel like sharing?
>
> cheers
> brenda
>
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