Virtual Private Networks: Building Secure Data Tunnels Through the Internet
Laura Rademacher, Bob Tunstall · EDPACS · 1998
In many organizations, the focus in the use of the World Wide Web (the Web) is shifting from utilizing it primarily to promote the enterprise's image or an assortment of products to employing the Web in electronic business or e-business. This involves using the Internet's global reach to provide inexpensive access to important activities and processes through the data that reside in conventional information processing systems. One way to do this securely and cost-effectively is with a virtual private network (VPN).