Editing Virtual private network (section)

==Mobile environments==
[[Mobile virtual private network]]s are used in settings where an endpoint of the VPN is not fixed to a single [[IP address spoofing|IP address]], but instead roams across various networks such as data networks from cellular carriers or between multiple [[Wi-Fi]] access points without dropping the secure VPN session or losing application sessions.<ref name="Phifer">Phifer, Lisa. [http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid40_gci1210989_mem1,00.html "Mobile VPN: Closing the Gap"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706084816/https://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/tip/Mobile-VPN-Closing-the-gap |date=6 July 2020 }}, ''SearchMobileComputing.com'', 16 July 2006. <!--accessed November 10, 2009--></ref> Mobile VPNs are widely used in [[public safety]] where they give law-enforcement officers access to applications such as [[computer-assisted dispatch]] and criminal databases,<ref>Willett, Andy. [http://www.officer.com/print/Law-Enforcement-Technology/Solving-the-Computing-Challenges-of-Mobile-Officers/1$30992 "Solving the Computing Challenges of Mobile Officers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412161947/https://www.officer.com/print/Law-Enforcement-Technology/Solving-the-Computing-Challenges-of-Mobile-Officers/1$30992 |date=12 April 2020 }}, ''www.officer.com'', May, 2006. <!--accessed November 10, 2009--></ref> and in other organizations with similar requirements such as [[field service management]] and healthcare.<ref name="Cheng">Cheng, Roger. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119717610996418467 "Lost Connections"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328101055/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119717610996418467 |date=28 March 2018 }}, ''The Wall Street Journal'', 11 December 2007. <!--accessed November 10, 2009--></ref>{{qn|date=June 2018}}