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What is a VPN Server? VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are used to create secure “tunnels” between one computer and another. This “tunnel”, often encrypted for security, allows communications and control of either machine. This is commonly used when two computers are on completely separate networks, but need to communicate with each other as if they are on the same network. If you’ve ever setup a shared network at home to view the pictures or videos from another home computer only to go to work to find you can’t access those pictures anymore then you can see how this might be useful. Essentially, it allows you to securely connect to another computer over the internet to do many of the things you might do on a home network. Recently, a trending use for a VPN is to create a secure “proxy” of sorts where a user connecting to the internet from a hotel in Canada connects to their home computer back in the California, USA. A VPN configured properly allows the user to browse the intern...