Can an external server be used to encrypt all traffic

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Published on 2010-03-08T18:10:20Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 18:21 UTC
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My work takes me to a number of places with WiFi connection. I want to be able to encrypt the traffic between my laptop and the internet. Can I do this with a VPN server? What is the best way to get this done? Is there a secure and reliable service that will help me do this? This is fairly important and might be shared by upto 2 people at a time. Is it better to get a server setup on a cloud hosting solution? Amazon?

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