Which technology is primarily used to create a secure, encrypted tunnel over a public network (such as the Internet), effectively extending a private LAN so that remote hosts appear to be on the same internal network?
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) encapsulates and encrypts traffic between the remote device and the private network, forming a tunnel over the public Internet. This allows users working off-site to access internal resources as though they were physically on the local network.
Why the other options are incorrect:
Secure Shell (SSH) provides encrypted remote command-line access to a single host but does not extend an entire network.
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) delivers a graphical session to a remote system and does not create an encrypted network tunnel for all traffic.
Virtual LAN (VLAN) logically segments a switch's ports into separate broadcast domains on a local network; it does not traverse the public Internet or inherently provide encryption.
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