452: VPN For Clients

Published: Feb. 22, 2022, 12:30 p.m.

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-Jerry wants to know everyone\u2019s take on VPNs.\xa0

-iCloud Private Relay is another option that Joe will start to recommend as it comes out of beta.\xa0

-One of Sam\u2019s approaches is to suggest verbiage in employee agreements as opposed to enforcing technology.\xa0

-More about iCloud Private Relay:\xa0About iCloud Private Relay - Apple Support

-Joe brings up valid concerns about using the office firewall as a VPN solution as it may not be scalable.

-Sam\u2019s third party VPN of choice is NordVPN but he has some concerns about it now being in the App Store.

-Jerry wants everyone to use his affiliate links.

-As Sam\u2019s daughter is applying to colleges, he is concerned about one institution\u2019s practice in handling secure documents.

-As Jerry looks to migrate a client\u2019s mail data, he finds that their current provider wont\u2019 provide admin access, likely because they have multiple customers in the same portal.

-Password management and \u201ccredential stuffing\u201d is an ongoing process for Joe\u2019s customers.\xa0

-It\u2019s astonishing that some providers allow very insecure passwords.

-Props for TidBITS Content Network for providing incredibly useful content to provide to our customers for topics like password security.

-Keychain Password Manager \u201cmemorable\u201d password feature is gone because it was a 32-bit function.