Like I said, the VPN client reroutes all of your network connections so using chat clients (Y!M, Skype, mIRC), using peer-to-peer network (such as BitTorrent), or playing multiplayer games, all connections will be encrypted and anonymized when you're using VPN. Moreover, the fact that web servers only 'sees' the IP address of the VPN server you're connected to makes it popular for users who wish to bypass region-based restrictions.įor example, viewing a YouTube video that's restricted in certain countries.īy creating a VPN connection to a VPN server that's located in a country where the video isn't restricted, you can view the blocked video just fine because YouTube servers just see the IP of the VPN server you're using. This is the other aspect of VPN that makes it secure: anonymity. The 'side effect' of VPN is that any web server you're trying to access will only see the IP address of the VPN server instead of your own. ![]() So how VPN works is basically a client software is rerouting (and encrypting) all of your connections to a VPN server, in which the VPN server would then pass through your connection requests to a web server, and then the VPN server returns the data from that web server to you, also encrypted. ![]() When you're connected to a VPN server through the client, it makes all of your network connections to go through the virtual network adapter that's connected to the VPN server, and that connection is encrypted. Most VPN service providers usually have their own pre-configured clients but they're usually based on OpenVPN. To initiate a VPN connection, you need to use a VPN client like OpenVPN. This network adapter is not physical it's usually just a driver that emulates a network adapter (hence 'virtual') that's recognized and being treated as such by the OS. VPN secures your Internet connection by rerouting all your incoming and outgoing connections to a virtual network adapter that's connected to a VPN server. That's called 'browsing the Internet using another PC via remote desktop'.
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