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Used to connect two private networks together via the Internet Used to connect remote users to a private network via the Internet This could be done by opening your firewall to the LAN networking protocols (NETBIOS, NFS NetWare, AppleTalk)) But… it would also make those protocols available to any one on the Internet and they could come into your LAN at will Effectively make the whole Internet your LAN Exposes all of your data Anyone can easily take advantage of vulnerabilities in your internal hosts No privacy Better solution is to use a VPN in conjunction with your firewall ...