Every type of VPN, explained

A small, fast, modern tunnel built on fixed cryptography.

A single device tunnels into a private network from anywhere.

Traffic routed through a provider's server to mask your IP.

The IETF standard for authenticating and encrypting IP packets.

Client software dials a gateway — the classic corporate pattern.

Two gateways hold a permanent tunnel so whole networks can talk.

The mobile-friendly IPsec profile with fast reconnects.

Per-application access checks instead of a network tunnel.

Your on-premises network, tunnelled into a cloud VPC.

The mature, endlessly configurable TLS-based tunnel.

Software picks the path; encrypted overlays ride on top.

Company-operated infrastructure with central identity and policy.

Devices connect directly, coordinated by a small control plane.

Tunnels that ride the same TLS everyone already allows.

A tunnel that survives switching between Wi-Fi and cellular.

Every branch connects to one central gateway.

Tunnels shaped to look like ordinary traffic.

Site-to-site links between networks owned by the same organisation.

Every site holds a direct tunnel to every other site.

A controlled tunnel to a partner organisation.

Tunnels built on demand between changing endpoints.

An open SSL VPN that speaks the AnyConnect protocol.

Carrier-isolated private WAN — isolated, but not encrypted.

GRE carries what IPsec alone cannot; IPsec encrypts it.

Browser-only access to selected internal applications.

A virtual switch spanning devices anywhere.

Spokes discover each other and build direct tunnels on demand.

Two chained tunnels so no single server sees both ends.

Microsoft's SSL tunnel, native to Windows.

Remote sites share one broadcast domain as if on the same switch.

One server that speaks many VPN protocols at once.

L2TP tunnels the traffic; IPsec supplies the security.

Carrying IPv6 across an IPv4-only path.

Cryptographically broken — kept here only for identification.