# VPN

**VPN** is an object representing a VPN provider.

## Attributes

* `provider`  <mark style="color:blue;">string</mark>  The name of the VPN provider. In practice, this is the name of the network provider the VPN uses rather than the canonical name of the provider.

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### Approvable

When embedded into an [Identity](https://dfend.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-api/types/identity), this object is extended by the [Approvable](https://dfend.gitbook.io/documentation/developer-api/types/approvable) fields.