[OPLINTECH] Thoughts on hola.org

[Karl Jendretzky]

I don't think Hola was spreading malware. The controversy with them 
centered around people saying that they didn't understand that it's a 
P2P VPN network, so under the free account your machine was being used 
as an exit node for someone else. By design it puts users into the line 
of fire.

The kicker with VPN is that if people start blocking it, VPN services 
will just move to port 443 where you can't block, so it doesn't really 
seem worth it.

Karl Jendretzky
IT Manager
Ohio Public Library Information Network
(614) 728-1515
karl at oplin.ohio.gov

On 07/14/2015 12:36 PM, Jessica D. Dooley wrote:
> Hola.org, to the best of my knowledge, is a known spreader of malware to
> unsophisticated users. However, blocking VPN services in general would be a
> major and undeserved problem for some library patrons conducting legitimate
> business - not to mention the security-conscious user. Re: CIPA, I've
> interpreted libraries' obligation as filtration, but not enforcement. For
> both these reasons, I do not block VPN ports on our public wireless - or on
> patron computers. Just my thoughts!
>
> Jessica D. Dooley
> IT Specialist
> Adams County Public Library
> 937-587-2085
> dooleyje at adamscolibrary.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Neeper [mailto:neeperro at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:00 PM
> To: OPLINTECH
> Subject: [OPLINTECH] Thoughts on hola.org
>
> Any thoughts about http://hola.org/
> And all the others like it.
> Might be used as a CIPA bypass
>
> Ignore their use by patrons on their own device  ?
> Block them  for everybody?
>
> ???
>