NordVPN Threat Protection does SSL MitM network side of all port 443 traffic

Posted by baptiste313 on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:32AM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/gossithedog/status/1578068764704243712

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Re:NordVPN Threat Protection does SSL MitM network side of a... by Ambolia on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:48AM (#33118842)

According to the twitter thread, the certificate is generated and used locally on your computer, not remotely on the NordVPN servers. If this is confirmed it doesn't sound too bad, but if the NordVPN software is closed source it's still suspicious.

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Re:NordVPN Threat Protection does SSL MitM network side of a... by nalaz on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:02AM (#33119307)

Aha? And how’s this feature supposed to work without doing that?

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Re:NordVPN Threat Protection does SSL MitM network side of a... by jacooper on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:46AM (#33120475)

Don't use NordVPN

https://www.privacyguides.org/tools/#vpn-providers

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Re:NordVPN Threat Protection does SSL MitM network side of a... by amesdemarbre on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:09AM (#33121570)

but if you read the whole thread it turns out that's not really an issue as it's scanning just like any AV

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