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Re:Don’t Use VPN Services by mnd999 on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @05:33AM (#37144666)
> Because a VPN in this sense is just a glorified proxy.
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Re:Don’t Use VPN Services by coldtea on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @10:55AM (#37148052)
What else would a proper VPN be besides a particular way to have a internet-wide proxy (as opposed to e.g. just a web proxy)?
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Re:Don’t Use VPN Services by mnd999 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @03:14PM (#37166558)
Traditionally it’s a mechanism to connect to a private network via a public one, for example to access a corporate network from home.

But a proxy doesn’t have to be a web proxy. Socks proxies were pretty common at one time.

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