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Connect Xbox 360 via VPN server
Regional content protection checks your account for belonging to a specific country, and checks it against the IP address of your console. If your account is American, and the IP address belongs to any other country, then you won’t be able to download content intended only for USA. We will describe the options for solving this problem using a VPN below.
Using a router
One of the options, which may also be the simplest, is to set up a VPN on the router and give them Wi-Fi to the XBOX. But we want to immediately warn that with some routers it may not work. Although it’s worth a try.
If in the settings of the router the section with VPN is not occupied by your provider, then just enter the settings of our VPN there. Continue reading
VPN Basic Concepts and Classification
The term VPN (Eng. “Virtual Private Network”) refers to a group of technologies that provide a network connection, or the so-called logical network, functioning on top of some other network, usually the Internet.
Although data is transferred to a VPN over networks with a low level of trust, thanks to the use of cryptography, the level of trust in a VPN can be arbitrarily high. Among the cryptography tools used are encryption, means to protect against changes in transmitted messages, public key infrastructure and authentication. Depending on the final destination, the VPN implements three types of connections: network-to-network, node-to-network and node-to-node.
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What is a firewall and why is it needed?
We will not go into little things like translating words, occupying them some part of the article. Just point out that a firewall (from the English – fire wall), or as it is also called brandmauer (with German – fire wall) in Russian has two names that display its purpose (inter) firewall. This is a screen that protects the user from influences coming from outside. When connecting to the Internet, having a firewall is not a luxury, and indeed such a risk is hardly justified, it will most likely lead to raking up a bunch of viruses, or even just to reinstall the system.
In addition, the firewall performs the function of blocking access by unauthorized persons to your computer via the network. This is not to say that the standard Windows Firewall is bad, it is quite suitable for the initial level of protection. But this is if you do not store important information on your computer or do not work with means of payment via the Internet. If you are interested in the security of your data, then changing the Firewall will not be a stupid idea. Our article, in fact, is written based on what would help you, ordinary users, to choose a firewall that suits you. Continue reading
