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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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