Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

A virtual private network, or VPN, is an ___________ connection over the Internet.

• decrypyed

• encrypted

• wired

• wireless

What is encryption?

• The process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts.

• The process of converting cipher text into plain text

• the process of converting information or data into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access

• The process of dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers.

Which word best describes the connection?

• Tunnelled

• Buried

• Burrowed

What are the reasons for using a VPN?

• Prevents unauthorized users from monitoring your traffic

• Prevents authorized users from monitoring your traffic

• Allows the user to conduct work from one location

• Allows the user to conduct work remotely.

VPN is largely used in...

What can a VPN allow users to do?

• Access data / files

• Access databases

• Access other resources

For a VPN to successfully work you need to have access to...

• The World Wide Web

• The Internet

• The Intranet

• An Extranet

What is used on the user’s computer to connect to a VPN server over an encrypted tunnel?

• Software VPN

• VPN Router

• VPN Concentrator

• VPN Appliance

What makes a ____ ___________________ different from VPN router is that it can provide secure VPN tunnels for thousands of people at the same time whereas a VPN router has certain limitations to the number of people it can handle.

• Software VPN

• VPN Router

• VPN Concentrator

• VPN Appliance

This device primarily enables connecting and communicating between multiple VPN end devices, usually present in separate locations.

• Software VPN

• VPN Router

• VPN Concentrator

• VPN Appliance