Phase 2 · Networking Fundamentals for Security
TopicsVPNs
Part of the Cybersecurity Roadmap.
Summary
Creating secure, encrypted connections over a public network — used both defensively (secure remote access) and, in some cases, by attackers to obscure their origin.
How to Learn This
- 1Learn the basic concept of how a VPN tunnels and encrypts traffic.
- 2Understand the difference between site-to-site VPNs and remote-access VPNs.
- 3Research why VPN misconfiguration is a common real-world attack surface.
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