Firewall FAQ

By Staff writers, TechRepublic
30 July 2004 11:46 AM
Tags: security, firewall, faq, network

What do VPNs have to do with firewalls?

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are used to encrypt traffic from a private network and send it over a public network. Typically, this is used to protect sensitive traffic as it goes over the Internet. Many times, you will have a VPN encryption device combined with a firewall because the private network traffic that is being encrypted also needs to be protected from hackers on the public network.

Advertisement

Talkback 0 comments

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

Tags

Back to top

Featured