VPN services with no-log policies, multi-protocol support (WireGuard, OpenVPN) and global PoPs.
Consumer VPN services (NordVPN, Mullvad, ProtonVPN, IVPN, Surfshark) encrypt your traffic and mask your IP through their global PoPs. Favour WireGuard over OpenVPN/IPsec for performance and simplicity. Criteria: audited no-log policy, jurisdiction (EU/Switzerland/Panama over 5/9/14 Eyes), PoP count, kill-switch and split tunneling support. Pricing: 3-12 €/month on annual subscriptions.
A VPN tunnels you into an entire network. Zero Trust (Cloudflare Access, Tailscale, Twingate) authenticates each request to each individual application - more granular and safer. Zero Trust is slowly replacing corporate VPNs.
Reverse tunnels (Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok, Tailscale Funnel, Pangolin) initiate an outbound connection from your home to a remote PoP that relays inbound traffic back. No NAT or port forwarding required.
Yes for parallel downloads across links (xDSL + 4G + fiber), but a single TCP session remains capped by the fastest link. Useful for stability and redundancy, less so for game latency.