[NCLUG] My new program: wifiroamd.

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:10:41AM -0700, Tkil wrote:
>Hm.  And the 2x cost going in and out of your vault doesn't start to
>sting after a while?

Not really.  I was worried about that before I started doing it, but I
really don't find that I am passing that much data.  I could set up a route
to a server if I'm doing a big download, but I rarely do that.

>I guess I'm just greedy; I'd like a solution where my "sensitive
>stuff" (e-mail, mostly) is handled securely, and bulk stuff (linux ISO
>images, mp3 files) comes to me directly in the clear.

Then learn the joys of Linux fwmark routing to only route particular
protocols over the VPN.

>I don't really know what to say about concerns of traffic analysis,
>but the same could be said for your solution -- unless your vault has
>a sufficient variety of traffic that you can anonymize your packets
>there.

I certainly trust it more than some random coffee shop or the like...

Thanks,
Sean
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