People from all over the world watch HBO, Hulu and Netflix. Unfortunately, significant number of the web users cannot enjoy these resources. Why is it so? The reason is that many websites practice region restrictions that prevents people from getting access to that content if they are in an inappropriate region. It is clear, that VPN-services are quite popular today. How do they work? What do they consist of? Let’s figure it out.

How does the global network work?

In order to clarify the concept of virtual private networks you have to know how the global network works and how the VPN server differs from it.

When you try to open the site with a usual web getaway, you send requests to your web-provider. The provider sends requests to the appropriate web server, which delivers the information to you requested. This is the way how you get a site or webpage from the web-provider.