
Firewalls and Tunnels
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Hewlett-Packard Company Virtual Private Networking Concepts Guide
Tunnel Types
Tunnel Types
Tunnel Types
Tunnel Types
There are three types of tunnels:
•
Site-to-Site
•
Single-User
•
Multiuser
If two networks want to communicate and not be subject to the
packets being hijacked while en route, tunnels can be
established between the networks. This assumes, of course, that
two networks want to communicate safely and are both
protected by firewalls. The tunnels can be started either inside
or outside of a firewall. When a tunnel is started inside a firewall,
then the packets entering or leaving the tunnel do not need to
pass through the gateway and are not subject to the firewall
rules that the gateway is configured to follow. If a tunnel is
started outside the firewall, then packets entering or leaving the
tunnel must pass through the gateway. They are then subjected
to the firewall rules before passing through the gateway.
The VPN devices implement tunnels using authentication
methods and encryption techniques. Since the traffic passing
between two VPN devices is encrypted, it is as if the data is
traveling in a tunnel.
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Information
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Site-to-Site Tunnels (page 5-9)
Single-User Tunnels (page 5-12)
Multiuser Tunnels (page 5-16)