If you're an avid reader of our blog, you'll most likely already know what is a VPN, since we've talked a lot about these services in the past. To quickly summarize the concept for those who don't know it yet, let's just say that a VPN (acronym for Virtual Private Network) is a connection method that extends a private network across a public network and enables the conneting users to send and receive data as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network itself. This basically means that you can use a VPN to perform two main tasks:

  • Securely remote access a Local Area Network (LAN), for example a company network.
  • Securely and anonymously access the World Wide Web, circumventing geo-restrictions, avoiding censorship and/or masking your connection endpoints.

Both scenarios are actually using the same technology to achieve different goals. That said, when we talk about online VPN services, we almost always refer to the latter of the above bullet points: a cloud-based service offering  access to their VPN servers and proprietary security algorythms to allow their users to securely and anonymously surf the web in exchange of a monthly or annual fee.Continue reading "VPN – Free Trial VPN Services List"