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Clive Robinson •
January 9, 2025 7:18 PM
@ ALL,
Such failings are to be anticipated as virtually a reality of life. The explanations are many and all to typically two are,
1, Over complexity.
2, Over featured.
The primary is oft the fault of builders with a very developed “Code Reuse” not “safety” mentality.
The second is oft the fault of selling with a very developed “should have function” not “safety” mentality.
However… It will also be simply –if incorrectly– argued that those that purchase don’t have any sense of “safety” of their buying selections.
The truth is few have the required degree of understanding and as such have higher issues to do with their time, slightly than study that which has close to zero return on the funding in time, effort, and sources wanted to achieve the understanding.
The truth is even for supposed gurus the air on this are is as skinny if not thinner than the rarefied environment atop Mt Everest.
It’s attention-grabbing to ask folks why they use a VPN. In case you say is it for message content material safety or message site visitors safety, the reply is unlikely to be both.
Usually the most important use of VPN’s is about the place you seem like throughout the perceived geo-location. That’s to get round some service filtering, the obvious being “media licencing” evasion / administration.
Thus the truth that the system has been hacked may very well not be as a lot of a priority to some as could be thought at first consideration. As a result of both the VPN sits fully exterior of their safety perimeter, the place the primary risk for them is DoS that exists no matter the VPN. Or it sits fully inside their safety perimeter, the place one other failing akin to a fringe gadget needs to be exploited first.
As for the opposite methods effected then sure this for many is extra severe. Particularly if it could actually bridge the safety perimeter.
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