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	qole	2007-11-26 , 22:51
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Originally Posted by TA-t3

Obviously you can use an ssh tunnel to another network and read your web e-mail from there, but why not do one better and just go encrypted end-to-end? ... But let's not forget VPN for connection to you nominal private network.

My SSH tunnel is my "poor man's" VPN. Once you have set up an SSH proxy (especially if you use your remote network's DNS) you are doing much better than encrypting individual connections, you are encrypting all browser-related traffic from your tablet. So I would say that is "one better" than the temporary encrypted sessions you get with gmail, since it is less vulnerable to man-in-the-middle, etc.

Last edited by qole; 2007-11-26 at 23:02.

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