Mehmet Ergun wrote:
I use an unsecured wireless access point. Afaik, if I vpn into UMD-TunnelAll and browse that way, all the traffic that travels between my computer and my access point will be encrypted (and the rest travels thru network cables). If I vpn to UMD though, only my connections to umd.edu would be encrypted. Am I wrong?
You're right, but you're only getting a minimal security improvement. We're talking about traffic that's destined for the big insecure internet now. Hopefully anything important going that way is already wrapped in SSL, so the VPN encryption doesn't buy you much. On the down side, if you're off campus the traffic takes a much less optimal path. -Karl
