Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals - Second Edition

Understanding VPN

As you may know, a VPN is a logical connection on the internet for transmitting data securely. As its name suggests, a VPN creates a virtual point-to-point link between two computers on the WAN (that is, the internet). That way, by utilizing tunneling protocols and data encryption algorithms, the VPN enables remote users to get connected to an organization's network over the internet infrastructure. This kind of network is usually implemented in two ways, remote access VPN and site-to-site VPN:

• The remote access VPN connects remote users (telecommuters) with the server on their organization's private network
• The site-to-site VPN enables organizations to connect two separate networks over the internet.

To set up a VPN server ...