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Re: VPN Security. How secure is really?

Newsgroups comp.os.linux.security
Date 2014-12-28 13:46 -0800
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Subject Re: VPN Security. How secure is really?
From Jared Twyler <admin@intl-alliance.com>

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On Monday, January 14, 2013 9:45:09 AM UTC-6, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
> VPN services state:
> Exactly, we provide our customers with a private, secure VPN tunnel, and we do not monitor nor retain logs pertaining to their connectivity, traffic, or activities. It's what keeps us in business.
> --------------------------------------
> 
> a) If one individual harrases on purpose another one? And for the sake of example lets say:
> 
> I use an anonymous mail service to KEEP sending mails to someone (for some reason) WHILE connected to their VPN.
> That person gets irritated and contacts the anonymous mail service about the annoying mails derived from their service and ask them to investigate further.
> The latter checks it's logging database and see clear that one of THEIR VPN gateways was used upon connecting to them.
> Then they ask them to detect that customer based on his usage and disclose personal information about him.
> What WILL they do? (please answer sincerely)
> 
> 
> b) Prior of their TAP driver execution, REAL ip address exist.
> How can we know for sure that they DO NOT ASSOCIATE ( ISP_ip_address <=> VPN_ip_address ) at the very moment we connect to their VPN service?
> 
> Also, as for the randonly_assigned_username, which cannot be modified, isn't that "username" what uniquely identifies each and every customer of theirs?
> 
> 
> p.s. I need some sincere answers to decide if i'am to be a regular customer. Please be sincere.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

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VPN Security. How secure is really? Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 07:45 -0800
  Re: VPN Security. How secure is really? unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2013-01-14 17:42 +0000
    Re: VPN Security. How secure is really? Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 12:02 -0800
      Re: VPN Security. How secure is really? unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2013-01-14 20:10 +0000
        Re: VPN Security. How secure is really? Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 22:58 -0800
          Re: VPN Security. How secure is really? Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2013-01-23 10:06 -0500
  Re: VPN Security. How secure is really? Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2013-01-14 18:39 +0000
  Re: VPN Security. How secure is really? Jared Twyler <admin@intl-alliance.com> - 2014-12-28 13:46 -0800

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