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Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic

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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 2 Feb 2025 08:53:37 +0100, "R.Wieser"
<address@is.invalid> wrote:

>Micky,
>
>> How can Nord VPN*** encrypt your internet traffic if there ismn't
>> something at the other end to decrypt it?

*** I corrected VPM here, but I'm afraid to correct the typo in my
subject line because, even though msessage-ids are used primarily to
string posts together into a thread, one of the settings in Agent
referred to Subject Lines and implied the thread would break, as
displayed by Agent, if the subject line changed. It's been 30 years
since I set up Agent the first time but I'm sure it said something like
that. 

>You seem to be mixing up two different sevices NordVPN (and others like it)
>offers :

Well, I was just quoting their advertisement (which fwiw has been
running several times a day on one of the 3 OTA tv stations I watch,
MeTV, Catchy, and Laff). 
>
>1) A VPN (Virtual Personal Network), which is a *one-to-one* connection.
>And yes, in that case both parties would need to run the same VPN software.
>
>2) A "Geo block" bypassing service - a way around restrictions companies and
>gouverments place on internet traffic passing a(n arbitrary) geographical
>border (both ways).

That's what I've used it for, to watch or listen to USA content when out
of the country. FWIW, when I'm back in the USA, I don't use it and don't
keep paying for it. 
>
>In that case you are *not* directly connecting to the other target, but
>instead let the NordVPN software redirect your internet traffic to a server
>of theirs, which than, *after removing their NordVPN encryption*, sends your 
>traffic to your intended target - making it look as if its a normal 
>connection coming from their NordVPN server.

That does explain it.    The other choice was that every server out
there had some NordVPN software in it to do decrypting. 

Thanks and thanks everyone. 

>Regards,
>Rudy Wieser

>

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  Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-01 22:00 -0500
  Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-02 01:15 -0500
  Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-02 01:39 -0600
  Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-02-02 08:53 +0100
    Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-02 10:58 -0500
      Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-02-02 22:30 +0100
  Re: How can Nord VPM encrypt your internet traffic Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-02 08:48 -0500
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