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I'm not getting any less paranoid as I get ready to start gently beginning to approach middle age, and I have decided I don't want to do much of anything online over an unsecured WiFi network. Now with Firefox plugins like Firesheep it's all too easy to snoop browser cookies. So I want to use a VPN pretty much all the time. The MSU VPN protects traffic to and from MSU destinations only (right?). Is it possible to use the MSU VPN on all my traffic, by changing the default route? Specifically, is this allowed, and will it work? I can see why that might be against policy, because of the extra traffic load. If that's not an option, can anyone recommend a simple appliance that I can install at home for this? I'd much prefer an out-of-the-box solution, provided it's not crazy expensive. But if I have to I can find an old vacuum cleaner and install Linux on it, or get a Linksys router and use DD-WRT. But six months from now I bet I won't remember all the details. Any recommendations? Oh yeah: it needs to work with both Windows and OS X. -- Carl Raymond Software Developer University Outreach & Engagement Michigan State University Kellogg Center, Garden Level East Lansing, MI 48824-1022 [log in to unmask] (517) 353-8977 http://outreach.msu.edu/