Tunnel
nounid
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The path that encapsulated packets follow in an Internet VPN.
Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%rule-basedr:entity.network.gear.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Tunnels
- possessive
- Tunnel's
- pluralpossessive
- Tunnels'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A communication channel created in a computer network by encapsulating a communication protocol's data packets in (on top of) a second protocol that normally would be carried above, or at the same layer as, the first one. Most often, a tunnel is a logical point-to-point link - i.e., an OSI layer 2 connection - created by encapsulating the layer 2 protocol in a transport protocol (such as TCP), in a network or inter-network layer protocol (such as IP), or in another link layer protocol. Tunneling can move data between computers that use a protocol not supported by the network connecting them.
- §1
- The paths that the encapsulated packets follow in an Internet virtual private network (VPN)
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The path that encapsulated packets follow in an Internet VPN.
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