: Can TeamViewer be considered a VPN client? Sorry if the question seems wired, I am far from being a professional server admin: Can we consider TeamViewer a VPN client? Because if a VPN is
Sorry if the question seems wired, I am far from being a professional server admin: Can we consider TeamViewer a VPN client?
Because if a VPN is the private virtual network of some faction (a personal user or a company) and relevant people can login to that VPN with a VPN client software, than, what is the differnce between a program like TeamViewer to any well-declared VPN client? It also serves as gate to the "Proxy" which is the otherside's private-network...
It actually seems to me that TeamViewer serves as both a VPN host and a VPN client, both in one program... Maybe I am missing something heavy here?
Please comment at start if you think I'd better off delete that question.
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No, TeamViewer is a Remote desktop application, not a VPN.
Main differences:
TeamViewer only allows you to take control of a single computer environment at once.
in contrast to TeamViewer, a VPN allows you to create a secure connection between a computer and a remote network, allowing access to remote resources as if you were inside that same physical remote network, thus frequently used by remote workers to log in the corporate network.
Conversely, if you use a VPN you don't automatically have access to a specific user's machine; If you want to access data stored on a computer's hard drive (like you would do using TeamViewer) you cannot automatically do this with a VPN, unless this machine is using shared folders to share content on the network.
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