GRE ?

Raymakers, Guy guy.raymakers at EDS.COM
Tue Apr 3 02:47:04 EDT 2001


Olivier,

GRE is indeed an encapsulation protocol but it doesn't provide real
data-protection. I could be a VPN in some cases but I wouldn't use it over
the Internet. However, you could use it over an ipsec tunnel, in this way
you can build very nice VPN networks.

Guy

-----Original Message-----
From: Olivier Bekoin [mailto:bekoin at GLOBEACCESS.NET]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 13:48
To: VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: GRE ?


Hi,

What is GRE (Generic Routing Protocol ) ?
Is it a VPN protocol ?
Is it a encapsulation method ?

Thanks

Olivier

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