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 ...

Cool. IPSec itself is pretty complex. Add L2TP and you've get an even bigger mistery when something doesn't work. In comparison, OpenVPN is easier to use and troubleshoot. The downside is, it's not as ...

The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a standard protocol for tunneling L2 traffic over an IP network. Its ability to carry almost any L2 data format over IP or other L3 networks makes it ...

For those not familiar with L2TP/IPSEC, just think of it as an alternative to using native IPSEC. The Cisco routers and firewalls (ASA) have included support for L2TP/IPSEC for a number of years now.

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 ...