[OPLINTECH] Thoughts on hola.org

[Chad Neeper]

Expounding on "users into the line of fire":  The network traffic appears
to be originating from your device. So when the Feds come knocking when
they trace that eventual illegal activity, guess who's door they're going
to knock on and who's equipment will be confiscated. Users running Tor exit
nodes face the same risk.


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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Karl Jendretzky <karl at oplin.ohio.gov>
wrote:

> 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?
>>
>> ???
>>
>>
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