getting started with VPN's

[thufir]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:09:23 -0500, Sajan Parikh wrote:

> A VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, and it basically allows you to
> connect to a network that is "somewhere else".  For example, say you
> have an office with a file server and the file server is only accessible
> to computers on the local, office network.  The file server is not
> openly accessible to anyone outside of the office, because anyone
> outside of the office would not be part of the office network.

ok, and once connected to the VPN, any internet traffic is sent through 
the VPN?  

How does this relate to deep packet inspection, if at all?


thanks,

Thufir