Question

When were VPNs introduced into the commercial world?

(a) Early 80’s

(b) Late 80’s

(c) Early 90’s

(d) Late 90’s

This question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

This intriguing question comes from Virtual Private Networks topic in division Application Layer of Computer Network

Answer 1

The correct answer is (d) Late 90’s

To explain: VPNs were first introduced in the year 1996. Then as the internet started to get popularized, the need for connection security increased. VPN was a great solution to this, and that’s when VPNs were implemented in the commercial world.