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SubjectRe: What are they?
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)

GRE-Generic Routing and Encapsulation Protocol

-basit



Riley Williams wrote:

> Hi Gordon.
>
> I have to admit to wondering what some of these acronyms stand for,
> and not having any details on it, so perhaps somebody could
> elucidate...
>
> >>> Can I get a quick consensus from the list on whether GRE
> >>> masquerading is natively supported in 2.1.x? It appears that GRE
> >>> *tunneling* is in the kernel, but not *masquerading*. Is this
> >>> correct?
>
> >> Your understanding is correct. I had a patch in the 2.1.4x area
> >> that did GRE masquerading, but later masquerading and net changes
> >> caused it to stop working. Since I didn't have the need for it
> >> anymore, I haven't been using it.
>
> > I updated my PPTP masquerading patch to work with 2.1.105. It seems
> > to work for me. It can be found at
>
> > http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/linux_pptp.html
>
> In that one email, there are two acronyms which don't appear to make
> sense, so perhaps somebody can decode them for me...
>
> Q> GRE = Grampian Railway Enthusiasts [Club]
> Q> PPTP = Publicity, Promotions & Training Panel
>
> Presumably, those are the wrong meanings thereof...
>
> Best wishes from Riley.
>
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