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English Chit Chat - VPN

mort [ Sun 09 Aug, 2020 14:59 ]
Post subject: VPN

Firefox has teamed with another company and they offer a VPN for less that $5.00 a month.

I've got my name down to join in when they start in Australia. But was wodering (Not knowing anything about VPN's) -

Does one get an IP address as in 254.678.03.2 etc?

And they're already up and running in 6 other different countries so hopefully it wont be too long before they open up here in Aus.

Informpro [ Tue 11 Aug, 2020 20:37 ]
Post subject: Re: VPN

Hey Mort,

The VPN is useful if you want to access services from outside your country, but it's not a server you can host things on. (that'd be a VPS, not a VPN -- yes, the names are confusing...).
So I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for :-).

mort [ Wed 12 Aug, 2020 00:33 ]
Post subject: Re: VPN

G'day mate,

I agree, one may not be able to use it as a domain - But no doubt one could use it for sub-domains.

After all, what's another folder between friends?

Informpro [ Wed 12 Aug, 2020 16:33 ]
Post subject: Re: VPN

No, not even as a sub-domain.

mort [ Wed 12 Aug, 2020 20:16 ]
Post subject: Re: VPN

Rats!

Still I suppose they don't want other people using their services to promote themselves.

David.