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Article:		Wireless Security on the Road Without a VPN
Subject:		Use your own DNS
Date:		2006-06-20 23:24:19
From:		tegbains
If you are really worried about DNS spoofing, run your DNS server on your laptop. Of course, it's not the simplest thing, but it's not that hard (use Webmin or another DNS tool). And as for VPN, you can get a decent VPN router for under $300 (try the Netopia R910 family). Or use M0n0wall on an x86 box as your VPN server. Teg

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• Use your own DNS
  2006-06-21 00:02:27  FJ de Kermadec | [View]
  
  
  Teg,
  
  All very true indeed. In my, obviously limited, experience however running and maintaining a DNS server on one's laptop goes beyond what most users are willing to invest in terms of learning, time and energy. As running a poorly maintained server on a laptop is more likely to raise issues than to solve them, I chose to leave that part to other, dedicated pieces.
  
  And as far as "home" VPN routers go, some do exist indeed but most of them still are quite expensive and there are questions of compatibility between vendor-specific services. I do agree however nothing replaces such a setup — and this is a point I attempted to repeatedly stress.
  
  I hope this answers your concerns,
  FJ