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Avast VPN

Somehow it happened that even in the textbooks they do not give an expanded and deep definition of what it is, a VPN. Like, and so everything is clear: the abbreviation VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, that is, a virtual private network. And why else discuss something? What is a “network” is understandable: at the primitive level, this is the union of two or more nodes with some form of communication so that they can exchange information. Naturally, in the most convenient way and with the support of all the necessary services.

What is “private” is also apparently obvious - not public, therefore private. That is, one in which there is not anyhow who, but only the permitted nodes. If you dig a little deeper, it is this component of the VPN that is the most important, since it determines a number of requirements for this very “particular”.
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An attacker will not be able to sniff out just what exactly what data is being transferred and received. Moreover, in companies concerned about their own security, mandatory use of VPN connections anywhere is forcibly turned on for all devices used by employees.
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Reply 2
Many of those who have not encountered hacker attacks, tracking traffic or blocking access to certain resources, are wondering why a VPN is needed. It should be clearly understood that most providers today register the actions of their customers. If you want to avoid registering information about site visits, the connection to the server must be encrypted. Avast VPN forms a new network, when connected to it, the user's IP address is replaced with the address of the new server. Thus, an artificial secure connection is created between the PC and the VPN server, the data transfer through which is completely encrypted with dynamically changing codes. Information protection in the new network is carried out comprehensively: codes cannot be cracked, unauthorized connection of unauthorized users is completely excluded, and all incoming and outgoing packets are constantly checked for integrity.
Reply 3
Using a VPN connection, this will optimally solve several problems at once, so we get access to resources blocked in the country and protect ourselves from wiretapping traffic. You can implement this solution in several ways
Reply 4
An extremely convenient thing is all this. If there isn’t any traffic restrictions, then you can go to any sites. Therefore, it is worth using it from anywhere and at the same time all this is even free.
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Original post by lozyra
An extremely convenient thing is all this. If there isn’t any traffic restrictions, then you can go to any sites. Therefore, it is worth using it from anywhere and at the same time all this is even free.

Moreover, in companies concerned about their own security, on all devices used by employees, the mandatory use of VPN connections is forcibly turned on anywhere. Even the use of the Internet in this case goes through the corporate network and under the strict supervision of the security service!

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