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Friday, August 03, 2001
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/08/2001080301t.htm 'Virtual Private Networks' Give Campus-Network Access to Off-Campus Users By FLORENCE OLSEN The University of Pittsburgh is among a growing number of colleges expanding campus-network access by offering "virtual private network" service to faculty members and students who live off campus. With a virtual private network, or V.P.N., an off-campus user connects by modem -- phone, D.S.L., or cable -- to a commercial provider chosen by the institution, and can then log on directly to the campus network using encryption software that guarantees a secure link....
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