SSTP, or Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol, was created by Microsoft and is primarily available on Windows systems. It provides comparable speed and security to most other protocols on this list ...

Personal VPN connections vary based on the transfer or tunneling protocol used. VPN protocols function differently and have ...

PPTP is best avoided due to its brittle security. However, this tunneling protocol is simple to set up and use and may be helpful when building an intranet. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol and Internet ...

L2TP/IPsec (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec) combines L2TP for tunneling and the IPsec suite for encryption. The protocol is generally considered secure, though there are rumors that it may ...

Internet Key Exchange version 2, or IKEv2, is a tunneling protocol that works in conjunction with Internet Protocol Security, or IPSec, to establish a secure connection. IKEv2/IPSec maintains a ...

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OpenVPN was launched in 2002 when the OpenVPN project set out to create a secure, fast, and free VPN tunneling protocol that is open source. Since that time, OpenVPN has proven itself to be one of ...

Split tunneling is one of the small features and functions that can make a provider stand out when you're comparing a similar group of VPNs – but what is it, and how does it affect you?