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Noob Question about VPNs

2Xtreme21

2Xtreme21

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If I connect to a VPN via a PPTP connection, are ALL packets that are being transfered to my computer being transfered through the VPN connection? That is, if someone wanted to ping my PC, they would have to use the IP given to me through the VPN connection rather than the one given to me by my ISP right?

I'm just wondering exactly how anonymous using a VPN is when it relates to data transfer.

Thanks.
 
Split tunneling means only packets destined to the remote network are routed over the VPN tunnel. Packets not destined for there are sent normally. In this scenario you could ping the PC. This is generally not used because of the security risk.

Otherwise, without split-tunneling all packets go to the VPN termination point/device.
 
A VPN connection adds an additional subnet to the subnet(s) that your PC is connected to. Only data transfered back and forth to the VPN subnet is encrypted. Traffic to other subnets (such as your local LAN) are not encapsulated (and encrypted) by the VPN tunnel. Neither will your Internet traffic be encrypted if you are using a split tunnel and the Internet is accessed through a Default Gateway that's not in the VPN subnet.
 
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