A VPN establishes an encrypted tunnel from one network to another via the internet. If your company is assigning you a VPN connection it is likely for inbound traffic, meaning, you will be able to connect to your LAN from a remote PC (home, hotel...etc) via the internet over the VPN. All traffic passing back and forth will be encrypted, therefore providing a level of security to your corporate LAN and the data passing back and forth.


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