Why shouldn't they go through the UGent network? ;-)
No seriously, VPN's are based on the ipsec-protocol, so the risk of
snooping is pretty low. On the other hand, the normal mails (gmail,
whatever) will be send in plain-text across the network of your
provider. Ok, if the UGent itself decides to start snooping on all
traffic we might have a problem, but i don't think this is the case (yet?).
Michiel, seriously going in against groupthinking, just because it's fun :p
Sofie Van Landeghem wrote:
Why should my private emails go through the UGent network?
Sofie
Michiel Van Bel wrote:
meh, solution found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_tunneling
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_example09186a0080702999.shtml
just use the cisco vpn client software, and configure it so that
thunderbird goes through the vpn, and all other programs through the
"normal" network.
Haven't tried it yet, but it might work i think :/
lieven sterck wrote:
Then there are a couple of dead-man walking in the IT room :-L
Kenny Billiau wrote:
I'm in for pine too ..
but the next thing they're gonna drop is the ssh access :/
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, lieven sterck wrote:
or pine :-D (isn't it Yvan)
lieven sterck wrote:
I'm a webmail fan ;-)
Nathalie Pochet wrote:
as I'm already doing VPN across the ocean to Broad, it's impossible for
me to do VPN to Ghent as well, and I refuse to use webmail
Michiel Van Bel wrote:
This might not really be a popular opinion here, but it's really not
that hard to create a vpn connection, is it? I understand it might be
a bit across the ocean, but here in flanders it's not really that much
of an issue imho.
Esther-Kristin Lather wrote:
Is this the reason why I couldn't access my mail with Thunderbird
yesterday evening from home???
Hey, that's unfair!
(Could we throw something at IT?)
Esther.
Thomas Abeel wrote:
Hi all,
IT downstairs has a new policy. The IMAP mailserver is only
available from within the UGent VPN or from webmail. I asked to
make the SMTP server also available outside the VPN, but
apparently they misunderstood me.
Webmail is too much of a hassle and the VPN is too slow over the
ocean. As such, I will no longer be checking this e-mail address
on a regular basis, maybe just once every few days.
If you want to reach me more reliable:
tabeel@broad.mit.edu
cheers,
Thomas
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