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Re: IKE and tunneling

To: Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net>
Subject: Re: IKE and tunneling
From: "W. Mark Townsley" <townsley@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:39:34 -0500
CC: "Dorham, Elliot" <etdorham@nps.navy.mil>, ipsec@lists.tislabs.com
Organization: cisco Systems
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Henry Spencer wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Dorham, Elliot wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me if what the relationship is between IPSec and
> > other tunneling protocols such as L2TP and PPTP.
> 
> There is none.  They are some similarities in functions and approach, but
> they are different protocols.

Different protocols, yes, however L2TP mandates the use of IPsec for
security on IP networks. This Internet Draft discusses some of the
issues involved. There is a new version actively in the works as well.

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pppext-l2tp-security-05.txt

- Mark

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From: Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net>

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