GRE ?

[Philipp Buehler]

On 10/04/2001, Olivier Bekoin <bekoin at GLOBEACCESS.NET> wrote To VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM:
> Can I compare GRE/IPSec association with L2TP / IPSec ?

No. GRE is for 'fixed' Tunnels and is on layer 3. L2TP provides
authentication and the tunneling of L2 Protocols.

Furthermore GRE is 'Generic..', generally you can tunnel any
protcol in there, AFAIR L2TP is not that flexible.

ciao
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Philipp Buehler, aka fips | sysfive.com GmbH | BOfH | NUCH | <double-p>

#1: Break the clue barrier!
#2: Already had buzzword confuseritis ?

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