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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > -- > Brenda Aynsley OAM, FACS CP, ACS Honorary Life Member > ACS Immediate Past President 2016 & 2017 > Chair IFIP International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) 2011-16 > Senior Vice President, Professions Australia 2015-2016 > > ACS Partnering for Success > > Mobile:+61(0)412 662 988 || Phone:+61(0)8 7127 0107 > Skype/Yahoo/Twitter: baynsley > Mobile when I am out of Australia: +61(0)489 958 851 > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
