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PPTP
Last modified: Wednesday, June 27, 2001
Short for Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, a new technology for creating Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), developed jointly by Microsoft Corporation, U.S. Robotics, and several remote access vendor companies, known collectively as the PPTP Forum. A VPN is a private network of computers that uses the public Internet to connect some nodes. Because the Internet is essentially an open network, the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is used to ensure that messages transmitted from one VPN node to another are secure. With PPTP, users can dial in to their corporate network via the Internet.
Technical Specifications of the PPTP From the 3Com Customer Support site, this page provides the technical specifications for Point-to-Point Tunneling (PPTP) via a download link in PDF format.
