Re: is hotel wi-fi safe?

[Scott Klement <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi David,
> Don't most VPN's set themselves up as the default route?  I'm pretty
> sure that MS PPTP does ... every time I use it with the VPN server in
> our Canadian office, I end up having to use google.ca instead of google.com.
>   
I can't answer that question, I don't know what "most VPNs" do.  I can 
only tell you about the VPN solution that I use.  We use OpenVPN at 
Klement's Sausage, and we can configure exactly how the route is added.  
I have it set up to only redirect to our LAN if you try to access the 
private subnets that we use.

I could set it up as the default route, but I guess I'm really only 
interested in protecting the corporate data :)     I don't need the 
company's bandwidth being wasted on our users downloading microsoft 
updates, or watching videos on myspace, or downloading MP3s from iTunes 
or whatever.   If you're not on our LAN, then you only need to use 
company bandwidth for company business, that's my philosophy, anyway.