Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can be used to crack the encryption of any PPTP (
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) and WPA2-Enterprise (Wireless Protected Access) sessions that use MS-CHAPv2 for authentication.
Many companies then tried to scale (or actually replace) IPSec with PPTP (
point-to-point tunneling protocol).
With
point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP), security was too thin, and access was all or nothing; once the tunnel was opened, the whole world had access to JRI's network.
It combines the best of Cisco's Layer 2 Forwarding protocol and Microsoft's
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
HSP includes a variety of protocol modules, covering the most widely used VPN (Virtual Private Network) protocols -- IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) and PPTP (
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol).
Additional features of the WireSpeed R517 modem include Virtual Private Network (VPN) support via
Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) for telecommuters who need to access their corporate network from their homes or satellite offices; True Always On feature that allows users to configure modem to remember the system's security password; and Port Forwarding that allows users to safely play gaming applications over the Internet while their local network remains secure.
With the use of protocols (communication rules) such as PPTP (
Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol) or IPsec (Internet Protocol Security), you can utilize the public Internet for private communication much like the phone company uses the public lines to allow private conversations between two users.
The prevailing standard for tunneling is Microsoft's
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), which is supported within Windows 95/98 and Windows NT.
Other alternatives include Microsoft's
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), and L2TP, which combines PPTP with the similar Cisco Systems' Layer 2 Forwarding Protocol.
Microsoft's
point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP) creates tunnels for transporting multiprotocol traffic over the Internet, but its capabilities are more limited than IPSec's.
On the security front, IPSec is now mature enough to provide standards-based secure tunnel mechanisms above and beyond the first-generation dialup-centric L2F (layer 2 forwarding)/PPTP (
point-to-point tunneling protocol)/L2TP (layer 2 tunneling protocol) approaches.
Three popular tunneling protocols have emerged: Microsoft's
point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP), the Layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP), and the IP security protocol (IPSec) which is backed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
