It’s no secret that PPTP has vulnerabilities like many other computing protocols, however sometimes taking some risks is acceptable. In this article, we’ll go through the process of setting up the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) VPN feature of DD-WRT. You can check your router’s compatibility here. It replaces the factory brains of your router, giving it a new control panel with more features, such as a VPN server. One way to quickly setup a simple VPN server is to load DD-WRT onto your router, if it’s compatible. You might also find it useful when on public networks or Wi-Fi hotspots, to secure your traffic from local eavesdroppers. Use it to securely connect to your network when away to get access to your network shares and computers. You can setup your own VPN sever in your home or small office. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) aren’t just for corporate networks. You can setup your own VPN sever in your home or small office using a wireless router and free, Open Source DD-WRT. The long and the short of it is that you should really invest in an SSL certificate and use https everywhere.Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) aren’t just for corporate networks. Google have a post on how to avoid the not secure warning in Chrome. How to Avoid the “Not Secure” Warning on Google Chrome Google engineer Emily Stark gives a much better explanation than I ever could. Furthermore not using https means that a attacker could tamper with information going back and forth to the server. It has become the norm for ecommerce sites and other sites dealing in sensitive data to use https for quite a while now, however even the most basic WordPress installation there are pages where information is transferred between the user and the server.
In most basic terms without https any communication between the user and the web server is potentially exposing any information that is transferred. That “not secure” message is about to get much more prominent. Already they have been showing an information symbol for http pages which when clicked on tells the user that the site is not secure. August 22, 2017, Written by Andrew 0 comment Http ‘Not Secure’Ī number of clients have recently received messages from Google Search Console letting them know that Google Chrome will begin to show a ‘NOT SECURE’ warning to users on pages that involve transfer of data between the user and the server.
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