Vpn Tunnel Protocols
Types of vpn tunneling protocols there are many types of vpn protocols that offer varying levels of security and other features.
Vpn tunnel protocols. The layer two tunneling protocol l2tp point to point tunneling protocol pptp internet protocol security ipsec and open vpn ssl tls and secure socket tunneling protocol sstp are some of the most common protocols used. The most commonly used tunneling protocols in the vpn industry are. Layer 2 tunnel protocol is a very popular vpn protocol.
However l2tp doesn t actually provide any encryption or privacy itself. The most common types of vpn encryption protocols include ipsec pptp l2tp openvpn ikev2 sstp and openvpn. L2tp is the successor to the depreciated pptp for more details see the pptp section below developed by microsoft and l2f developed by cisco.
The point to point tunneling protocol pptp is an older method of vpn encryption designed by microsoft which goes all the way back to windows 95.