VPN, which is a private network that uses the Internet to connect to remote sites and users, allows “virtual” connections from the remote site or user to be routed through the Internet to the company’s private network. This is an alternative method to using a dedicated, real-world connection to an office network or LAN.
Since the Internet is a public domain, anyone with a computer, a modem, a phone line and Internet service can access it. Though the Internet fosters the idea of global community, VPN makes use of the Internet …