Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: What are they? | Date | Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:13:34 +0100 (BST) |
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> PPTP-Point to Point Tunneling Protocol-a "secure" derivative of the current > PPP link that allows serial connections of two systems (ie dialup to your > ISP), allows the establishment of VPNS (Virtual Private Networks)
Appropriately quoted since its now an 'ex secure' protocol (it was broken recently). PPTP is actually really only a transitional protocol. It and L2F (ciscos equivalent) were merged by the IETF into L2TP which is going to be a standard
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