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Question about using VPN

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chineseman

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I know nothing about networking and security so this might be a dumb question. My company gave me a computer so I can work from home so I just ran an Ethernet cable from the work computer into my home router. I use the work computer to connect through the VPN and Remote Access. I only use the work computer for work related stuff and nothing else. I'd assume corporate is able to see all the internet traffic that goes on when I use the work computer.

My question is will corporate be able to see the internet traffic for other computers/ipads/cell phones that are using my home router but not connected to the VPN?

What if my work computer is on and connected to the VPN/Remote Access and I'm using my personal computer and my wife is using her personal computer at the same time. Would corporate only be able to see or log the internet traffic coming from the work computer?
 
I'm not an expert, but I am pretty sure the VPN is isolated to your device unless you are running the VPN through your router.
 
All traffic from your work computer is routed via the VPN software adapter inside your work computer, in short NO they cant see what you are doing on your normal computer/ipad on your lan.
 
Companies don't usually allow split tunneling so while you're on your company's VPN you won't be able to access your LAN for obvious reasons like malware jumping from home network to work network.
 
Depends on how evil the Corp is... I've done remote mitm attacks on a network over a VPN loaded on a client machine (wife's machine) as a proof of concept.
You should be safe, but there is always a risk when you connect anything to a network. (printers: Old school FTP bounce attacks on HP printers, UPS: Raspberry Pies mounted inside, Cisco hardware with "custom" Chinese chips added, thank you Ebay!)
 
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