Mentor Graphics Accelerated Technology division has added the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) software to its Nucleus RTOS for use in building data-sensitive VPN applications. According Robert Day, ...

One of your fellow readers recently wrote in bemoaning that Secure Sockets Layer remote access was getting all sorts of attention, while Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol VPNs never get any ink.

We explain what is VPN Tunnel and the different types of VPN tunneling protocols like PPTP, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP, OpenVPN, and WireGuard.

Microsoft is working on a remote access tunneling protocol for Vista and Longhorn Server that lets client devices securely access networks via a VPN from anywhere on the Internet without concern ...

There are many combinations of protocols that can be used in this manner, and essentially any protocol can be tunneled through a network that supports any other. One good choice is Layer 2 Tunneling ...

Microsoft is working on a remote access tunneling protocol for Vista and Longhorn Server that lets client devices securely access networks via a VPN from anywhere on the Internet without concern ...

The most commonly used are Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, OpenVPN, and Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2).

Understanding the functions and capabilities at each networking layer will allow IT admins to optimize for maximum performance.