VPN - Something has occurred to me

[BradShort]

I have VPN set up via Nighthawk D7000 and I have managed to setup VPN via my phone using the opvn. Its handy, to wake machine up if I need something away from home.

BUT if I lose my phone, the VPN key is on the SD card . . I trust that that key could just be used in another phone and access my network, with no way for me to restrict it unless I turn of VPN access?

Correct me?

 

[BradShort]

Oh and if you just used the netgear standard firmware then the above may not make sense.

What you'd do in that case is log in to the router, turn vpn off. Save and apply. Then you can turn vpn on again and the new file that you generate will be different to the old one. So your old phone with the old file is locked out and you can still vpn to the same router using your new phone. Is that what you were worried about? That you'd have to turn it off permanently once that phone was lost?

Yes, thought that might have to happen, had not occurred to me that cert is regenerated. That is perfect, thanks /mindatrest