VPN Security. How secure is really?

Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.security
Date	2013-01-14 07:45 -0800
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Subject	VPN Security. How secure is really?
From	Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com>

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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.
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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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