Hello there,
In this article, I will try to give you some information about where and for what purpose VPN (Virtual Private Network) and VPN services are used without going into technical details. First of all, VPN is a private virtual network connection, that is, it is a network service that allows you to work with your company's network as if you were connected to the same company network by making a secure connection from any point with a user name and password. When you make a VPN connection, you can connect to the service you are connected to, and every client goes out over the fixed ip addresses on the modem or router called gatevay. The purpose of using the VPN structure is to use the server and sharing areas within your company as if you were in the company, Likewise, it provides the opportunity to use the services defined on the company IP address from our home as if they were in the same company. Home Office employees are not far from this structure actually.
How does this VPN work? We can simply summarize it as follows. We can say that you are connected to the network of the service you make a VPN connection to as if you were there and use the services there as if they were there. When you connect to the VPN server, a special tunnel is created between you and that server, and your internet flow starts to flow through that tunnel. Therefore, in whichever country this tunnel is in, you will be using the internet of that country.
Recently, with the closure of Twitter and Youtube, VPNs and DNSs started to circulate. People have become the networker you know. Everyone has been connected to paid free VPN services. Thus, we gave a new meaning to VPN :))
There are many VPN services abroad, the purpose of these services is to open an alternative gateway to countries that impose a ban, of course, with a fee. By connecting to one of these services, you can get your internet traffic directly from those services as if you were there. Of course, you also need to sacrifice your internet speed because your internet traffic is no longer coming from your ISP. (ISP "Your Internet Service Provider")
However, before using these services, you should find a reliable VPN service because we are talking about a network where many users like you connect to the same network. You only have your computer on the network in your home, so you can be kind of safe. But there are now many users in the network where this private network connects you. Considering that most home computers are unlocked with no password or simple passwords such as 12345, it cannot be said that you are very safe on this network. Especially if you keep all your passwords in a txt file on the desktop to remember, wow !!!
Another danger is that everybody is worried about connecting to the forbidden areas through different sources just in case they are shut down with a great anger. So no matter how I am connected! So where are you connecting? Where is this service? How does it work? Is it safe ? There is nobody questioning this!
VPN on the network you're connecting to, rather than the malicious people connected to that network. After the connection is made, you are now logging out through the IP address of that service, so all the sites you enter are encrypted and your other security processes are Logged. (So it's recording)
So, calculate what you will lose when you say I'm going out with a VPN. When you are connected to these services, you can definitely pay your bank, etc. Do not take any action that requires security. Do not keep your important passwords in accessible places with simple methods. If possible, save your files as Encrypted, this at least prevents this file from being opened on other computers even if it is stolen.
No, if you say I don't keep anything important on my computer, you can easily use these VPN services.
Best regards,