Re: PPTP VPN Startup Connect

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:55:35 +0200, Martin Bodenstedt
<martin.bodenstedt@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Off course you open the vpn connection through the internet. But once
>the vpn connection is open you should not be able to bypass the vpn
>connection. You should *only* be able to access the remote machine (and
>maybe the internet through that remote machine depending on that
>machine's security policy). Otherwise you open the remot to the internet
>using *your* internet connection and notthe *remote* computer's...

MS PPTP VPN has an option whether you want your Internet connection to
be on your machine or on the remote machine. Of course you choose to
keep the Internet connection on your machine. There is no reason to
use the remote to access the Internet when access is provided by your
machine.


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