Microsoft has officially deprecated the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) in future versions of Windows Server, recommending admins switch to different ...

My understanding is that PPTP is the simplest, but has the least encryption and sends the password in clear text.<BR><BR>IPSec seems to be the most secure (with nice fat AES encryption possible) but ...

Normally, when we connect our devices to the internet via WiFi or ethernet, or mobile data, our devices directly connect to the Internet Service providers without anything in the middle. Our entire ...

A VPN is simply an encrypted connection between two computers, each side running VPN software. The two sides, however, are not equal. The software that you, as the user of a VPN service deal with, is ...

Virtual private networks have fast replaced dial-up connections as the preferred method for achieving remote access to corporate information resources. Although Windows NT and 2000 both boast remote ...

We looked at six VPN routers designed for small businesses, ranging from the popular Cisco brand to lesser-known names like DrayTek and UTT Technologies. We setup and evaluated each to determine how ...

Hey Networking Matrix, wanted to bounce this off of you guys because I'm kinda stumped. first: I realize PPTP is considered insecure these days. This isn't my own connection, I'm trying to help my ...