What is a VPN & How does it work? Virtual Private Networks Explained

This is a comprehensive explainer for developers and beginners on VPNs and how they work!

Virtual Private Networks are used to ensure security and privacy online. In this video, I give a detailed explanation on VPNs and how they work under the hood. I start by explaining what is a VPN, by diving deeper into the acronym "Virtual Private Network". Then I explain the different kinds of VPN connections; Full-tunnel and Split-tunnel. After that, I move to how VPNs work by going into the details of routing VPN traffic and the connection between the VPN client and the VPN server.
OpenVPN is also briefly explained and I conclude with why you would want to use a VPN.
Enjoy!

----------- Video Outline -----------------
00:00 What is a VPN?
02:07 How Does a VPN Work? Full-Tunnel vs. Split Tunnel VPN
04:57 OpenVPN Protocol & Other Protocols
05:35 Using your own VPN
06:20 VPN connection steps
07:16 VPN Security | VPN vs Proxies vs Tor
07:45 Why Using a VPN | VPN Benefits

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[kannewesty]

in the near future, bridges in web3 networks will be replaced in the VPNs. After all, the web30 is more reliable

[LightVault]

Ah yes my 'very legal' network activity 🤣🤣