02-14-2025 11:59 AM - edited 02-14-2025 12:01 PM
Is this a mostly true statement (think asymmetric key encryption.)?...
"For remote work, you're relying on VPN, which means you are trusting every coffee shop network your employees connect to."
Thank you!
02-14-2025 12:42 PM
VPN is secure, no doubt about it. But, if someone get control of your laptop and VPN is stablished, there is nothing the VPN can do.
Security is made of layer and there is no 100%. VPN might not be perfect but send the data in clear text is lot worst.
02-17-2025 01:03 PM
Sorry for this bad news' few year later any VPN will not more secure' quantum super computer will decrypt any VPN.
For your Q' the coffee network will use as outer header of vpn which end in your router and FW' inside vpn is real traffic which is secure until now.
MHM
02-20-2025 12:05 AM
The statement is not true.
Most remote access VPNs use SSL/TLS to secure the traffic end to end. Traffic within that tunnel is fully encrypted. While a capture of the full session might conceivably be played back in n years once quantum computing advancements allows for cracking of that encrypted session, it is likely going to be some years before that is possible and then only to large state-sponsored actors (think the US National Security Agency, People's Republic of China etc.). So it's not likely that your traffic in transit - whether it be from your home office or the local coffee shop - will be subject to that anytime soon.
Meanwhile, VPN vendors (Cisco included) are starting to introduce support for quantum-resistant encryption algorithms. By the time quantum computing is generally available, your VPN will likely be using post-quantum computing (PQC) type algorithms.
Note that IPsec (the method used for most site-to-site and some remote access VPNs) uses symmetric key encryption and is not vulnerable to quantum computing-based decryption methods.
Bottom line: quotations like the one you mention are mostly click bait designed to get the reader to open an article loaded with ads.
03-06-2025 07:59 PM
I think most of the VPN providers are safe as long as you use SSL websites to get them. However, try to not use any private information anytime you are connected to any VPN or proxy since nothing is like 100% safe,
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