VPN Server
The purpose of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) is to provide better security and privacy online to users. The network’s essential component is the VPN server. Its function is to readily receive and send data for several users, and assign different IP addresses to them. The way servers secure user traffic and data can be seen below.
When the users of Internet connect with websites, other users and services, they are channeling their requests to other computers to transfer data. A maze consisting of various connections exists en-route before they are able to reach the user with whom they wish to interact. Each of the said connections is posing a threat. Attackers exist at every stopover. They can intercept data and steal or modify them to do what they want. They can track users, infect them with software that steal passwords, load them with malware for passing to fellow users, recruit them into hacker botnet, etc. This implies that users are in need of a stopover that is safe which can equip their traffic and data with tools that can be used to counter these attacks.
Functions Of VPN Server
The basic function of VPN server is to be a point along the route where data passes. It links the physical connections of multiple users to Virtual Private Network, and functions as a safe stop along this route. After the software installed on the user's portable device or computer has formed a VPN tunnel, encrypted traffic is then taken by the server and is decoded.
VPN server functions as a safe station where the data of the user can be read in order for the server to know where it should go. This maintains the safety of all the data of VPN users at the areas where it is most vulnerable for attacks – the route that bridges their computers with the internet.
After data is prepared for sending to the Internet, a different IP address is used as its source. VPN server assigns this new address to the user along with associated traffic and data. The IP addresses assigned by VPN server make the users anonymous for privacy, providing additional security to them. The actual IP addresses of users can be the basis for identifying and tracking them. But using the IP address that VPN server assigned, it is only the VPN server that could be identified. Thus, any type of attacker –
whether hacker, thief, or snoop – is prevented from relating any traffic or data to its individual user. Hence, the users are protected from being targeted by attacks. See the video below to know how VPN Server does its work.
Lastly, the anonymity level provided by VPN servers gives users an access range that they may not have using their actual addresses. Different types of restrictions on location as well as censorship are encountered by Internet users in trying to access Web content. With VPN servers they can access almost any kind of content they wish. In the process all their identities and data remain secure. This implies that there will be no more "access denied" and "content unavailable" messages.
The purpose of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) is to provide better security and privacy online to users. The network’s essential component is the VPN server. Its function is to readily receive and send data for several users, and assign different IP addresses to them. The way servers secure user traffic and data can be seen below.
When the users of Internet connect with websites, other users and services, they are channeling their requests to other computers to transfer data. A maze consisting of various connections exists en-route before they are able to reach the user with whom they wish to interact. Each of the said connections is posing a threat. Attackers exist at every stopover. They can intercept data and steal or modify them to do what they want. They can track users, infect them with software that steal passwords, load them with malware for passing to fellow users, recruit them into hacker botnet, etc. This implies that users are in need of a stopover that is safe which can equip their traffic and data with tools that can be used to counter these attacks.
Functions Of VPN Server
The basic function of VPN server is to be a point along the route where data passes. It links the physical connections of multiple users to Virtual Private Network, and functions as a safe stop along this route. After the software installed on the user's portable device or computer has formed a VPN tunnel, encrypted traffic is then taken by the server and is decoded.
VPN server functions as a safe station where the data of the user can be read in order for the server to know where it should go. This maintains the safety of all the data of VPN users at the areas where it is most vulnerable for attacks – the route that bridges their computers with the internet.
After data is prepared for sending to the Internet, a different IP address is used as its source. VPN server assigns this new address to the user along with associated traffic and data. The IP addresses assigned by VPN server make the users anonymous for privacy, providing additional security to them. The actual IP addresses of users can be the basis for identifying and tracking them. But using the IP address that VPN server assigned, it is only the VPN server that could be identified. Thus, any type of attacker –
whether hacker, thief, or snoop – is prevented from relating any traffic or data to its individual user. Hence, the users are protected from being targeted by attacks. See the video below to know how VPN Server does its work.
Lastly, the anonymity level provided by VPN servers gives users an access range that they may not have using their actual addresses. Different types of restrictions on location as well as censorship are encountered by Internet users in trying to access Web content. With VPN servers they can access almost any kind of content they wish. In the process all their identities and data remain secure. This implies that there will be no more "access denied" and "content unavailable" messages.