DEFINITION: Tunneling, also known as "port forwarding," is the transmission of data intended for use only within a private, usually corporate network through a public network in such a way that the routingnodes in the public network are unaware that the transmission is part of a private
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TUNNELING DEFINITION (continued): … network. Tunneling is generally done by encapsulating the private network data and protocol information within the public network transmission units so that the private network protocol information appears to the public network as data. Tunneling allows the use of the Internet, which is a public network, to convey data on behalf of a private network.
One approach to tunneling is the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) developed by Microsoft and several other companies. The … Tunneling definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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