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| ====== VPN (aka Virtual Private Network) ====== | ====== VPN (aka Virtual Private Network) ====== | ||
| - | Like a [[docs:guide-user:firewall:fw3_configurations: | + | See also: |
| - | There are multiple software packages available to set up a VPN between two or more hosts. | + | [[docs:techref:hardware:cryptographic.hardware.accelerators|Cryptographic hardware acceleration]], |
| - | They all use the [[wp> | + | [[docs: |
| - | Have look at the [[wp>OSI model]] and make yourself aware that the encryption can be applied at different layers of the communications stack. | + | |
| - | ===== All articles ===== | + | [[wp> |
| - | {{pagequery>@: | + | VPN typically relies on the [[wp>Client–server model|client-server]] model and works as L2TP or L3TP depending on the protocol and service configuration. |
| + | There are multiple software packages to implement different VPN protocols, which are generally incompatible with each other. | ||
| - | ===== Related articles | + | ===== VPN server |
| - | * [[docs: | + | The VPN server running on your router can provide a secure connection to your home network |
| - | * [[docs: | + | If you need to access the router itself or any of your home network |
| - | * [[docs: | + | |
| - | * [[docs: | + | ===== VPN client ===== |
| - | * [[docs: | + | You may want to run a VPN client on your router to encrypt your connection to the internet and prevent your ISP from snooping on your traffic and DNS requests, which in some countries is now legal for ISPs to monetize, as well as meddling with DNS requests or HTTP traffic. |
| + | In order to use a VPN client on your router, you would need to obtain credentials to a corresponding VPN server. | ||
| + | Your connection to the VPN server is encrypted, preventing your ISP from snooping/ | ||
| + | A wide variety of commercial VPN providers exist. | ||
| + | Once you install and run a VPN client on your router, it's best to route all your traffic via a VPN tunnel. | ||
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| + | ===== All articles ===== | ||
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