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virtual private network

Also known as VPN, V.P.N.

virtual network extending a single private network across a public network like the Internet, appearing to users as a private network

AI overview

A virtual private network (VPN) is a service that extends a private network across the public Internet, making it appear to users as if they're connected to a private network even when they're not. This matters because it allows people to access private network resources and communicate securely over public networks.

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In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, virtual private network is referenced by 1,134 other articles, and connects out to IPv4, OSI model and Transmission Control Protocol.

It is catalogued under topics including Internet privacy, Network architecture and Virtual private networks.

Its subject is documented across 78 Wikipedia language editions.

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Image: Netgear ProSafe Dual WAN VPN Gigabit Firewall FVS336G front.jpeg

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short name: VPN
Stack Exchange tag: superuser.com/tags/vpn
Commons category: Virtual private networks
WordLift URL: data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/virtual_private_network_2

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Encyclopedic overview

VPN connectivity overview, showing intranet site-to-site and remote-work configurations used together

A virtual private network (VPN) is an overlay network that uses network virtualization to extend a private network across a public network, such as the Internet, via the use of encryption and tunneling protocols. In a VPN, a tunneling protocol is used to transfer network messages from one network host to another.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “virtual private network” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.