Timeline for Does a VPN protect a network through which data is being transferred?
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| Sep 17, 2019 at 19:31 | comment | added | LTPCGO | @Seth in a scenario where a specially crafted TCP packet could attack a router, then yes a VPN would protect it, as the packet would not be seen in its original form by the router. | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 18:55 | comment | added | user217807 | @LTPCGO, Basically I want to know if a VPN can protect my home router from potentially harmful websites | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 18:54 | comment | added | user217807 | @LTPCGO, So an intermediate router could not be infected with malware that a website may attempt to distribute? | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 17:30 | comment | added | LTPCGO | @seth from what? An intermediate router would just see encrypted traffic. See my answer. | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 15:07 | comment | added | user217807 | Just to clarify, a VPN cannot protect an intermediary wifi router? | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 14:30 | comment | added | mwapemble | I can't see how it would - but it would protect the network being tunnelled through from being exposed to the malware. | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 10:58 | comment | added | LTPCGO | Not sure how a reverse tunnel (and I can't imagine trying to set up a VPN to do it, although it's reasonably common with regards SSH) would help protect a user from a malicious payload from somewhere else like a website | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 7:19 | history | answered | mwapemble | CC BY-SA 4.0 |