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TCP-IP versus TCP-IP over VPN

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a TCP-IP connection over VPN opposed to a regular TCP-IP connection? I am interested mainly in speed and security! Thank you.
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MITM attack, Replay Attack, TCP Session Hijacking [closed]

I was going over the internet reading about types of attacks on a computer system and I can not differentiate between MITM, Replay and TCP Session Hijacking. They appear to be the same. Sniff the data ...
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How do you block specific urls and not entire domain

I want block a URL on specific computer, in this case www.google.com/reader but i not want to block the entire domain of google. It is for my work machine as I don't seem to have enough self control ...
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Why is it bad to have open ports?

Here's something that has always baffled me. Why is it bad to have open ports on your computer? Assuming you don't have a virus on your computer or some other program listening to a port that may ...