Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 14:51:47 -0500 From: "Peter A. Schwenk" <schwenk@voicenet.com> To: Riaan Kruger <rk@nanoteq.co.za> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tun device and tunneling Message-ID: <3863CED3.103E2B14@voicenet.com> References: <XFMail.991224111935.rk@nanoteq.co.za>
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The tun device is for user-land PPP to get services from the kernel. While user-land PPP handles the whole of the PPP protocol, it still needs stuff from the kernel. It's not for general network protocol tunneling, if that's what you were thinking. Riaan Kruger wrote: > Does anyone know where I can find more information (except for 'man tun') on > the tun device and how it can be used for tunneling? > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Riaan Kruger <rk@nanoteq.co.za> > Date: 24-Dec-99 > Time: 11:17:21 > ---------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- - Peter Schwenk - schwenk@voicenet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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