An SSL VPN is a type of virtual private network (VPN) that uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol -- or, more often, its successor, the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol -- in standard web ...

Endpoint security is fast becoming a key element of SSL VPNs, but it’s a lot more subtle than it sounds at first. The idea is that the endpoint – a PC that is trying to connect to the VPN – is found ...

Following are the protocols used to encrypt a virtual private network (see VPN). Very popular, OpenVPN is a unique VPN protocol that runs on every platform. It uses the OpenSSL library, which offers ...