On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> So what is an exit node and how do I use it? And Ed, what is unlocator and > how do you use it? When you connect to a VPN, all your outbound traffic is encrypted on your computer and sent to a computer operated by the VPN company. The VPN company decrypts your traffic and sends it out through one of their computers. The computer it uses to send it out is the exit node. Anyone you talk to on the Internet thinks you are coming from the exit node rather than from your own computer. Replies to your traffic are sent to the exit node where the VPN service encrypts the traffic and sends it on to you where it is decrypted and dealt with. The VPN service is just a middle man used to hide your location. If you’re still using PIA, it’s the list of connections you see on a Mac under the menu bar robot-man thingie. If you just choose “Connect” it will pick a good exit node based on where you are and how busy the nodes are. But, you can choose any one of several dozen nodes scattered around the universe just by scrolling down the list. It’s interesting to pick a node like Seoul, Melbourne or Helsinki, just to see the strange ads that sometimes appear when you’re Web surfing. HNY, L^2 PS/ Unlocator is a Danish company that uses a smart DNS proxy to mask your location. This is a technique to play a trick on the global DNS system to spoof your location. --- Lee Larson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days. — Garrison Keillor
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