The primary purpose of a VPN is to create a tunnel between two networks, hence the name “virtual private network”. I’m very familiar with them as I work with these systems for a living.
I’m guessing some people don’t know (or forgot) that site-to-site and remote access VPN’s are a thing, and was the initial purpose of VPN’s. Masking or hiding your location became a benefit after the fact, and todays more common client VPN is technically a remote access VPN with a new purpose.
Remote access VPN’s are a very common attack vector for companies, look up companies compromised with Fortinet gear and its typically through the firewalls VPN.
Also, we removed the above comment because the last sentence was fairly rude and violates rule 3 @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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The primary purpose of a VPN is to create a tunnel between two networks, hence the name “virtual private network”. I’m very familiar with them as I work with these systems for a living.
I’m guessing some people don’t know (or forgot) that site-to-site and remote access VPN’s are a thing, and was the initial purpose of VPN’s. Masking or hiding your location became a benefit after the fact, and todays more common client VPN is technically a remote access VPN with a new purpose.
Remote access VPN’s are a very common attack vector for companies, look up companies compromised with Fortinet gear and its typically through the firewalls VPN.
Also, we removed the above comment because the last sentence was fairly rude and violates rule 3 @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com