PROVIDING A SPLIT-CONFIGURATION VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK

A method in a virtual private network (VPN), the method including configuring a VPN server to receive, during a VPN connection, a local content request requesting local content; configuring the VPN server to transmit, to a local exchange point that is capable of obtaining the local content, at least a portion of the local content request to enable the local exchange point to provide the local content; configuring the VPN server to receive, during the VPN connection, a remote content request requesting remote content; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, to a remote exchange point that is capable of obtaining the remote content, at least a portion of the remote content request to enable the remote exchange point to provide the remote content. Various other aspects are contemplated.