Comment on How can I set up a VPN that will use the client IP address for the connection?

deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not necessarily. VPN can be used for that, but I’d be that more common use case is to access networks which are otherwise firewalled off from the public internet, like corporate LAN.

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s literally why it’s called a VPN - you’re connecting to a private network, virtually.

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  • Oisteink@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Its also a vital part of software defined networking

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