{"id":3047,"date":"2012-12-18T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/remote-access-server\/"},"modified":"2012-12-18T15:39:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:39:05","slug":"remote-access-server","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/3192\/remote-access-server-ras","title":{"rendered":"Remote Access Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_remote_access_server_mean\">What Does Remote Access Server Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A remote access server (RAS) is a type of server that provides a suite of services to remotely connected users over a network or the Internet. 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