Tunneling

nounid 4518·updated May 12, 2026

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Technology enabling one network to send its data via another network’s connections. Tunneling works by encapsulating a network protocol within packets carried by the second network.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Tunnelings
possessive: Tunneling's
pluralpossessive: Tunnelings'

Framework definitions

2 senses across 2 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: Technology enabling one network to send its data via another network’s connections. Tunneling works by encapsulating a network protocol within packets carried by the second network.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: Technology enabling one network to send its data via another network’s connections. Tunneling works by encapsulating a network protocol within packets carried by the second network.

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