Tag Archives: VPN

The VPN, Facebook, and China

We have had at least two reports that some people logged in to our GlobalProtect VPN are also logging into Facebook, examining their current Facebook logins and finding that they’re unexpectedly logged in from China (or Qatar). This is not … Continue reading

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VPN or GlobalProtect Performance Issues

On occasions over the last few months, IS has been contacted with regard to network performance issues in relation to the VPN (the GlobalProtect VPN). As a result we have built up some recommendations that may be helpful to others … Continue reading

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Working From Home

For some reason there seems to be a bit of an increase in interest in working from home and so it seems rather timely to produce some advice. Not so much the technical side of things, but general advice from … Continue reading

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Using The VPN For General Internet Protection

Using the VPN is generally seen as a way of using UoP services remotely in a relatively safe way, but it does actually offer another advantage for using generic Internet services – because the VPN goes through the UoP firewall, … Continue reading

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KRACKing Wireless

The latest big security exploit is a mechanism by which WPA2 secured wireless networks can be compromised to disclose previously encrypted traffic in the clear, and to insert malicious traffic. The original web site announcing the vulnerability can be found … Continue reading

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Think Work, Think VPN

We are encouraging everyone who works remotely to immediately start up a VPN connection (to our VPN of course!) whenever they start working remotely. This is for a variety of reasons, but includes :- Any on site services that you might … Continue reading

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Why Use The VPN On A Mobile Device?

One of the things that has surprised me during the project to implement a new VPN (more news of which will come shortly), is the number of people who wonder why anyone would want to use the VPN on a … Continue reading

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