now how does a vpn work in one of our previous episodes what is vpn and why you might need it
we talked in details what is a vpn what are some types of vpns what protocols vpns use and why
you might want to use it today we will talk in details how exactly does a vpn work and
we'll do so straight away off we go a high level overview of how a vpn works would be
this vpn a virtual private network is creating a digital tunnel through which your internet traffic
is rooted preventing prying eyes from seeing your data and your internet activity inside that vpn
connection to do this your internet connection is rooted through remote vpn servers masking
your ip address often with addition of some encryption and other security features that make
it virtually impossible for hostile or unwanted third parties to identify you your connection
or your computer now let's get into details how exactly does a vpn work before i do that consider
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to better understand how vpn works it first helps to understand how your internet connection works
without one now without a vbn when you try to access a website without a vpn you are being
connected to that site through your internet service provider or icp the icp assigns you a
unique ip address that can be used to identify you to the website because your sap is handling
and directing all your traffic it can see which websites you visit and your activity can be linked
to you by that unique ip address now when you use ethernet with a vpn connection and when you
turning on your vpn connection try to access other websites the vpn app on your device also called a
vpn client establishes a secure connection with a vpn server your traffic still passes through your
icp but your icp can no longer read it or see its final destination the websites that you visit can
no longer see your original ip address only the ip address of the vpn server which is shared by
many other users and changes regularly now here are some key concepts related to vpn that will
help you to understand how vpn works and what benefits it provides the first key concept is
proxy something that i have already mentioned in this video the vpn server acts as a proxy server
or stand in for your internet activity instead of seeing you and your ip address websites will only
see the ip address of the vpn server which adds up to you being anonymous on the internet the second
key concept is authentication establishing a secure connection is a tricky problem
for internet security specialists this process is called authentication and once authenticated the
vpn client and vpn server can be sure that they are talking to each other and no one else the
third key concept is tunneling vpns also protect connection between the client and this server
using tunneling and encryption tunneling is a process when each data packet is encapsulated into
another data packet and this makes it really hard for third parties to capture it while in transit
the next key concept is encryption data inside the tunnel is encrypted in such a way that only the
recipient can decrypt it this keeps the contents of your internet traffic completely private even
your icp internet service provider will not see it how cool is that now every vpn service is also
using vpn protocols now what are vpn protocols vpn protocols are the methods by which your device is
connected to the vpn server some vpn protocols are better for speed others for quality and others act
better and perform better under certain network conditions there are different vpn protocols
out there that vpn providers use such as openvpn pptp bioguard sstp ikea v2 l2tp ipsec and others
by the way if you wonder which vpn providers give you the best quality and the best protection and
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my top choice of best vpn providers on the web proven to work great now let's sum it up when
you connect your computer or laptop or tablet or smartphone to a vpn server it acts as if it
is in the same local network as this vpn server all your network traffic is sent via this secure
connection to the vpn server because your computer behaves as if it's on the same local network it
allows you to use all local resources even if you're on the other side of the planet you'll
also be able to use internet as if you were in that location in the location of your vpn server
that allows you to use geo-restricted websites social media that is blocked in your country buy
tickets for reduced price and many many other benefits so when you browse the web while
connected to the vpn your computer contacts the website through that encrypted vpn connection the
vpn forwards the request from you and then directs the response from the website to you through the
secure connection so for example if you are using a vpn server located somewhere in the usa
you will be able to use netflix and access all the netflix libraries for usa audience only not
only that you will rest assured that you can use public wi-fi's without the danger of being hacked
you can commit payments through public wi-fi's you can order tickets you can do whatever you
want in public wi-fi without anyone else spying on you now this is something that you feel that
you really need in your daily usage of internet go and check out all the links in the description
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