Virtual Private Network (VPN) IN Java, NetBeans IDE, AND MYSQL

The “Virtual Private Network (VPN)” has emerged as one of the leading technologies at present and has attracted the attention of many organizations looking to both expand their networking capabilities and reduce their costs.

This paper deals with the upcoming technology, VPN – Virtual Private Network which has proved itself to be lot reliable in transferring data between remote places via a secured network thus paving way for Data Security

The VPN has the ability to provide a connection between the user (client) & the server of the organization not within the workplace itself but from home too with the data being transferred & received in a highly secured way. For example, Telecommuters and those who travel often might find VPNs to be a more convenient way to stay “plugged in” to the corporate Intranet.

This paper deals with the ideas of implementing a VPN connection featuring the general working of the whole process, protocols involved, basic concepts of VPN, establishing the tunneling mechanism, the methods of data encryption and decryption along with the discussion on enhancement models.