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From: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@columbia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: VPN connection using Windows XP
Date: 18 Dec 2003 05:43:24 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In all honesty, if you can connect to the desired host with or without
the VPN there is no way for you to guarrantee that the packets for a
given TCP session will traverse the VPN vs a non-VPN path.
This is why we have protocols such as Secure Telnet, Secure Shell,
Secure FTP, and Secure HTTP.
ROBERT GREEN <compupractice@telstra.com> wrote:
: QUESTION.
: How do I ensure this is a VPN connection?
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Jeffrey Altman * Volunteer Developer Kermit 95 2.1 GUI available now!!!
The Kermit Project @ Columbia University SSH, Secure Telnet, Secure FTP, HTTP
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