> > I'm not traveling out-of-state as much as I used to and I'm curious when > a VPN would be advantageous for a sole practitioner professional services > provider who would access the office LAN for mail and files when not > sitting at the desk there. All thoughts welcome. > > Rich >
I think the key advantage of a vpn for someone like you is that you can securely access important / confidential information via the Internet on demand. If you laptop got damaged, lost, stolen you could still access that information. I think that's your key advantage. It's probably in your client's best interest also if you were handling their confidential info over a secure VPN and storing it on a secure server. Of course, I'd recommend anyone use strong passwords, 2-factor auth, and encryption on their laptop. VPNs were initially designed to extend the corporate LAN to a traveling worker's laptop. That way a traveling worker retains all the domain, vlan membership, file permissions, routing, etc. which allows them to access and use the company's digital resources as they normally would. -- Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
