You work for a small city IT department and one of the City

You work for a small city IT department, and one of the City Council members is traveling out of state on business. She needs to be able to access her files on a shared drive on the city’s network while on her trip and needs to be able to connect to the city’s network over a secure virtual channel, as if she were connecting using a dedicated line. Of the following, which technology will allow this to occur?

A. DNS

B. FTP

C. TCP/IP

D. VPN

Solution

D. A VPN, or virtual private network, allows a remote computer to connect to its home network over the Internet or another public network using encapsulated data transfers. This method creates a virtual point-to-point link between the remote computer and the home network, making it appear as if the computer were connected using a dedicated line.