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The biggest problem with VPNs these days is that they connect a user to the network, not just to the applications they need to access.

The biggest problem with VPNs these days is that they connect a user to the network, not just to the applications they need to access. Any malware on the users device can ride the VPN into the network and start having fun. Sure you can micro-segment the network to limit the damage but at least the Google approach puts all traffic through an "Internet-Facing Access Proxy" limiting exposure to the individual applications in question. However, I completely agree with the previous post that the user devices need to be considered untrusted. This is a huge problem with the Google approach. Certificate distribution and management on thousands of employee owned devices is not practical nor scalable. https://oxter.in

Posted by priyajv99 on May 15, 2015, 11:39 AM

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The biggest problem with VPNs these days is that they connect a user to the network, not just to the applications they need to access.

priyajv99May 15, 2015, 11:39 AM

The biggest problem with VPNs these days is that they connect a user to the network, not just to the applications they need to access. Any malware on the users device can ride the VPN into the network and start having fun. Sure you can micro-segment the network to limit the damage but at least the Google approach puts all traffic through an "Internet-Facing Access Proxy" limiting exposure to the individual applications in question. However, I completely agree with the previous post that the user devices need to be considered untrusted. This is a huge problem with the Google approach. Certificate distribution and management on thousands of employee owned devices is not practical nor scalable. https://oxter.in

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