How does a VPN work? When Eric Arthur Blair, also known as George Orwell, wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four after the Second World War, he probably couldn’t even imagine the level of sophistication the future surveillance society will have and don’t get us wrong; we do live in a surveillance society. While today we are not at
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For as long as the internet has existed, there has been a need for protocols to keep data private and secure. The history of VPN (virtual private network) technology dates back to 1996, when a Microsoft employee developed the peer-to-peer tunneling protocol, or PPTP. Effectively the precursor to modern VPNs, PPTP creates a more secure
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If you are reading this, it is safe to assume that you are somewhat familiar with concepts of IP address and how the internet works. Now you must also know about restricting websites. You see, your government may decide that a certain website is a threat to the national security and may get in the
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