Beginning out with VPN's

[dgwilliams]

This is a real broad and stupid question so i appologise in advance. But i am currently researching into VPN's as i have little understanding. I am researching into them in a security context. I have stumbled across a couple of terms i was wondering if one of you experts could clear up for me.

the terms are protocol tunneling and multiprotocol networking.

thanks

 

[zr500racer]

A tunnel is a is a type of VPN transmission that encapsulates and encrypts your network protocols within Internet protocol. It basically makes it so that only the recipient at the other end of your transmission can see inside this protective encrypted shell.