Definitions for "VPN - Virtual Private Network"
Using encryption and other security methods, a network that prevents information from being intercepted and guarantees that only authorized users can access the network.
Allows your computer to connect to a remote network, or vice-versa. It is most often used to connect to your workplace's internal network. An Internet Gateway that supports VPN-passthrough means it allows clients on the inside of the gateway to establish VPN connections. A gateway that has a VPN server in it will allow people to connect to your internal network from the Internet. Gateways that support VPN tunnels or endpoints are fairly useless because they are extremely difficult to configure. Also see PPTP.
A VPN is a way to provide remote access to an organization's network via the Internet. VPN's are also used to connect two offices together to create a wide area network. VPNs send data over the public Internet through encrypted secure "tunnels."