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WPA2 plus VPNIt has been suggested that using WPA2 could be strengthened by using a VPN.
I'm puzzling over that notion. Here I thought that a VPN was mostly based on using an encryption scheme. So why bother? Any suggestions? I feel like I have some learning to do. Thanks, Fred WPA protects traffic between the client and the access point. If the access
point is a part of a public network then VPN should be used - otherwise it's clearly overkill, overengineering that adds no security but does add system administration overhead. -- Show quoteHide quoteSvyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE -= F1 is the key =- "Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> wrote in message news:OAxoAR3UFHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > It has been suggested that using WPA2 could be strengthened by using a VPN. > I'm puzzling over that notion. > > Here I thought that a VPN was mostly based on using an encryption scheme. > So why bother? > > Any suggestions? I feel like I have some learning to do. > > Thanks, > > Fred > > Svyatoslav
Thanks for the confirmation. Fred Show quoteHide quote "S. Pidgorny <MVP>" <slavi***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23S0S4C7UFHA.3312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > WPA protects traffic between the client and the access point. If the > access > point is a part of a public network then VPN should be used - otherwise > it's > clearly overkill, overengineering that adds no security but does add > system > administration overhead. > > -- > Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE > -= F1 is the key =- > > "Fred Marshall" <fmarshallx@remove_the_x.acm.org> wrote in message > news:OAxoAR3UFHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >> It has been suggested that using WPA2 could be strengthened by using a > VPN. >> I'm puzzling over that notion. >> >> Here I thought that a VPN was mostly based on using an encryption scheme. >> So why bother? >> >> Any suggestions? I feel like I have some learning to do. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Fred >> >> > > 
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