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VPNs / hostile network / cloud storage
From: Kevin Shalla <kshalla () UCHICAGO EDU>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:44:43 +0000
I have a question about protecting cloud storage synchronization, particularly as it relates to public wireless networks. While I know that when working on a public wireless network it is recommended that you use a VPN, I wonder how recommendation relates to cloud storage synchronization. If I have OneDrive or Box or Google set up and automatically synchronizing my local folders to the cloud, and I connect to a hostile network, is that traffic liable to be attacked if I'm not running a VPN? If so, because you need to have an active network connection before you can connect to the VPN, it seems that in order to avoid that attack you would have to first halt those synchronization processes, start the network, start the VPN, then restart those processes - quite a bit of overhead every time you close and reopen a laptop (which stops our VPN). Is this a valid concern, or do you think these processes are safe over a hostile network? Kevin Shalla Manager of Technology Campus and Student Life University of Chicago 6030 S Ellis Ave # 289 Chicago IL 60637-2608
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