Python Community Server: Setting VPNs with CIPE

"VPN means Virtual Private Network. As you all should know, virtual means 'not real.' So, a VPN is 'not a real private network.'

"If that definition is not good enough, here's a better one, which is probably not what you are going to find in other places:

"A VPN is emulationg a real network connection using another. For example, you can use the internet connections of two hosts to make it look like you have a direct connection between them..."

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