vpn's

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by NorCal

A VPN Is just a secure encrypted connection routing all information through a secondary location. The packets are encrypted with 512-2048 encryption depending on the software or hardware used.

From the sounds of it you are wanting a service that will mask or proxy your internet activity. HMA is a great site for that (even though the name is foul).

Unless you are business needing remote offsite setup at a cheap coast, a roaming traveler needing access to his home office, or a cyber criminal, you really do not need a VPN/Proxy application.

Like Pendragon, I once was involved in internet Piracy. I too was convicted of it. We are talking tera bytes of data back in the late 90's to early 2ks. It is basically theft and I do not involve myself in that anymore.

There isn't a set bit rate for encryption over a VPN. It is important to realize that when talking about very large keys like 1024-4096 or larger, we're talking about the encryption on the actual key using the public/private key method. The actual symmetrical key is still often "only" 128 bit which is still more then enough to lock any data. 256 is widely used as well simply because it sounds better and more secure to the end user -and doesn't take any more processing power, so why not?