A virtual private network allows internet users to create a private network using the internet. It sends an encrypted secure tunnel through the internet from your computer anywhere in the world back to the VPN host server. Many companies use VPN’s to create links between their office sites worldwide to transmit files and data, privately and securely. They also use VPN’s for staff who travelso they can access their work data while in a foreign country as if they where sitting back in the base office
