Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 Jun 1998 12:03:54 -0500 | From | Basit Mustafa <> | Subject | Re: What are they? |
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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)
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. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
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