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VPN stands for ‘virtual private network’ and denotes a network that primarily utilizes public telecommunication infrastructure to offer travelling users or remote offices access to a central organizational network. A prime example of a public telecommunication infrastructure that virtual private network utilize is the Internet, something I am sure you have heard of and experienced before! Remote users of a Virtual Private Network must be authenticated and data is often secured through encryption technologies which prevent the disclosure of private information to parties that are not authorized.

A VPN allows one to perform almost all tasks that are found on a network. Thus a Virtual Private Network allows one to access network printers, websites, databases, and network resources. One can also very easily share data with a Virtual Private Network. The sensation of being directly connected to a central network is usually identical to the sensation a Virtual Private Network user has when using a Virtual Private Network. Luckily, the old days of having to maintain expensive leased-line telecommunication circuits has been replaces by Virtual Private Network technology that functions through the public Internet.