Much of the information in this chapter has dealt with VPNs deployed in support of an enterprise or at least a midsized or large network. Another class of VPN applications is the personal or individual VPN, sometimes referred to as the SOHO (small office/home office) VPN solution.

Many home routers include support for VPN connections, making open-source VPNs popular in this space. OpenVPN (https://openvpn.net/) offers an open-source VPN client that connects to many standards-based VPN gateways, such as SoftEther (www.softether.org/). The value of these personal VPNs is twofold. First, implementing a personal VPN provides you secure access to your home network. Even better, implementing a personal VPN provides you with some valuable experience with VPNs that you can then transfer to your organization’s enterprise VPN.