FTP mapping + VPN - Windows 7

FTP mapping - windows explorer

Open My Computer - Right Click - Select Add a network location - and follow the wizard, you have to provide the address  eg. ftp://ftp.domain.com/ , and select if you want to connect anonymous or with a specific username.

Setare VPN - Server - Client - Windows 7

VPN (Virtual Private Network) - allows direct access to a private network from the internet
Data transferred through a VPN is encrypted

1. VPN Server - incoming

Open - Network and Sharing - Change Adapter Settings
or Run - control ncpa.cpl

Create port forwarding on the router for PPTP on port 1723
 

Or press ALT key

Click File, and then New Incoming Connection.
Select the users you'd like to give access
Select Through the Internet 
Select TCP/IPv4

And follow wizard : select a username with password, Through the internet, TCP/IPV4 and File sharing if you want it

2. VPN client

Click the Start button. In the search bar, type VPN and then select Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection.


OR

Run - %windir%\system32\xwizard.exe RunWizard {7071EC75-663B-4bc1-A1FA-B97F3B917C55}

VPN – Virtual Private Network

When you connect to a public hotspot - free internet - at a hotel, restaurant, pub, airport etc – your data will pass through that local network, and any other users connected to the same network can listen to your data, especially when it is unencrypted - when you can login without a password.

A vpn - is a virtual private network - but this connection is now encrypted with a Very long password (64 or 128 randome characters) that is almost imposible to break, or the effort is expensive unless you are targeted specifically.
In most cases hackers just scan the trafic for credit cards or passwords to account.

There are two ways to do this.

Method 1

This is the free mothod. If you own a router at your house with an internet connection, most router nowadays have a vpn server function implemented through openvpn.
You just have to enable it on your router and and download the configuration file to your mobile phone / laptop.

If you are using linux you have to install openvpn
sudo apt install openvpn
Then you have to start the tunnel as root
openvpn --config /home/user/OpenVPN-Config-MyRouter.ovpn

Method 2

Use a payed service like NordVPN – where you pay around 10 euro per month and have all your data encrypted.
With this service you also get a few more benefits like being able to change your location so you can access services available only in those countries.
If you are a involved with webservices you can also test if geolocation works well.