{"id":16166,"date":"2021-08-25T15:29:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/?page_id=16166"},"modified":"2022-12-19T13:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:46:14","slug":"why-use-a-vpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collectionsmax.com\/index.php\/why-use-a-vpn","title":{"rendered":"Why use a VPN?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A VPN is a great idea to secure your remote server (or any remote server for that matter).\u00a0\u00a0 A VPN is an encrypted tunnel where the data from your software to the server and back is both encrypted and secure.\u00a0 Some of the benefits of a VPN include…<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Ports that are on the server that indicate you have a database installed (for our database and most MySQL \/ MariaDB users the default port is 3306 TCP) cannot be scanned from the outside because they are blocked.\u00a0 There are many bots on the internet that will port scan ip ranges and if it finds a known port that is open like port 3306 it will try to brute force passwords and might even encrypt your database for ransom if it succeeds.\u00a0 A VPN will prevent this type of attack because the bot will not have access to break into the database.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0Strong data protection.\u00a0 Unless the connection is encrypted any type of Client \/ Server software system will send packets in plain text.\u00a0 Having a VPN will encrypt those packets allowing your data to stay safe.\u00a0 Even if there is a man in the middle attack!<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. PCI compliance.\u00a0 Having open database ports on the server will fail a PCI compliance audit.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Prevents data throttling.\u00a0\u00a0 Your Internet Service Provider might throttle your connection if it can determine what types of packets you are sending through our software.\u00a0 This is called deep packet inspection.\u00a0 Since the VPN is an encrypted tunnel it is protected from throttling because there is no way to tell exactly what it is…since it is encrypted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The only real disadvantages to using a VPN are…<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. \u00a0Possible slower connection speeds due to the overhead of the VPN.\u00a0 We use a lightweight but powerful cypher on our VPN systems and the speed difference is minimal.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. \u00a0Our VPN hosting prices are a bit more expensive when using a VPN because the server needs more resources available in order to support it.\u00a0 A bigger server with larger resources will always be a bit more costly than one that does not need it.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. \u00a0Might be a bit more difficult to manage for remote users as the VPN software needs to be connected to the server before they can login with Collections MAX.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      A VPN is a great idea to secure your remote server (or any remote server for that matter).\u00a0\u00a0 A VPN is an encrypted tunnel where the data from your software to the server and back is both encrypted and secure.\u00a0 Some of the benefits of a VPN include… Ports that are on the server that…<\/p>\n

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