• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I dunno man. I’m convinced that pretty much any mention of VPN these days is just an ad for vpns. That’s with this article looks like.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, you’re not wrong that the article kinda sets itself up for the “lookit our recommended VPNs” pitch.

      There’s no way Microsoft would purposefully disable VPNs from working. I can guarantee that they require VPNs for thousands of roles in the company, let alone breaking it for government agencies that require VPNs, etc.

      It is good to know that a specific update can break something ahead of time, though. Then at least you can avoid it.

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        6 months ago

        There’s no way Microsoft would purposefully disable VPNs from working

        No, but they’ve done it accidentally before.

        One time a few years ago it broke all LT2P VPN’s unless you removed a specific KB########.

        IIRC, six months later there was still no fix.

        I think it’s been fixed now, though.

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      6 months ago

      My workplace requires VPN for Web sites that are authenticated, require 2FA and are encrypted. It’s infuriatingly stupid. I feel like someone higher up got sold a useless contract by a good VPN salesperson.

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        6 months ago

        Most likely all connections are run through the gateway of the company allowing them to apply security to all web traffic on their clients.

        It might hinder you but there is plenty of method to this madness.

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        6 months ago

        I applaud your IT leadership/CIO for being willing to do this.

        Most companies are far too passive and think “aIt won’t happen to us”.

        I’ve seen companies scammed of $1mil in a single transaction because they sent credentials in email, to a scammer.

        Had they used a credential management system this wouldn’t have happened.

        Every layer of security helps.