VPN

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Stands for: Virtual Private Network

An encrypted tunnel that carries your traffic as if you were on another network.

A Virtual Private Network wraps your connection so it appears to originate from the VPN's endpoint, used to reach private corporate resources or to shield traffic on untrusted networks. It moves trust rather than removing it: you are trusting the VPN operator instead of the local network.

Also known as: vpn, virtual private network, tunnel

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