11.2. Secure Solutions

In cases in which some kind of security isn’t in place by default, you can turn on protection. Let me start with an overall method, and then look at individual switches and controls for particular services.

11.2.1. Umbrella Protection with a VPN

A virtual private network (VPN) connection is a nifty way to prevent any sniffing of your local network hookup. A VPN encrypts all the data coming and going from a device, such as an iPod touch or iPhone, creating a tunnel that extends between the device and a VPN server somewhere else on the Internet, traversing with protection any local network and hubs as well as every node on the Internet between the two points.