Windows 95 DUN Upgrade Point to Point Tunneling Protocol Support Forrest Stroud
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol Support
Perhaps its most ambitious new feature, the 1.2 release also delivers Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) client capability for Windows 95. The PPTP client allows a Windows 95 computer to establish a secure connection across the Internet to a private network, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN). PPTP adds the ability to treat the Internet as a point-to-point Dial-Up Networking connection.
One use for PPTP is that it can allow selective users to access a private network that is separated from the general corporate LAN by a tunnel server. All data sent over a PPTP connection can be encrypted and compressed, and multiple network level protocols (TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX) can be run concurrently. For more information on the Point to Point Tunneling Protocol, check out Microsoft's PPTP FAQ.
