Tunnel
nounid
4516·updated May 9, 2026verified
The path that encapsulated packets follow in an Internet VPN.
polysemousMWE
Attested in
No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.
Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%rule-basedr:entity.network.gear.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- burrow
- 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.
- §1
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground, especially one for trains or cars
- §2
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The path that encapsulated packets follow in an Internet VPN.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.
Incoming relationships
No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.