None of these things are exclusive to corporations. Your operating system probably already has IPSec functionality built-in, waiting to be used. Ditto for your cable modem firewall - if it doesn't use IPSec, it's probably got a client you can download and install. And there's SSH clients available for every operating system imaginable.

There's increasing amounts of software out there for day to day things like file transfers. Look around for WinSCP or MacSFTP. Both of those are finding favour in the "upload your happy snaps to the ISP's web server" environment. One's free, and the other is US$25. Not exactly prohibitive.

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