Topic: Tech Talk / Windows VPN推荐

How does VPN differ from proxy and other technologies?
The General meaning of a VPN is that Your request to a particular site is not transmitted directly over the provider’s network, but through a separate chain of servers connected to a closed private network running on the Internet. At the same time, the request is also encrypted (most often using AES technology) with 128-bit or longer keys.

As a result of these actions, in theory, no one can track which sites You visited and what data you might have transmitted over a secure connection. This fact can be used to access web resources blocked by administrators or providers, as well as to transmit highly confidential information over the Internet.

Such schemes are implemented today not only virtual networks, but also a number of other anonymization technologies. Among them, the most popular are anonymizers, proxy servers, and the TOR network.