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On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Mark David Dumlao wrote: |
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>> > tun - to uniplexed node? |
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>> > tap - to any person? |
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> As I used them they are not related. DSA and RSA are key hash algorithms, I |
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> can never tell them apart and have to haul out the man page to rediscover |
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> which one I tell my users to use :-) |
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> tun & tap - same thing. One is routed, one is more like level 2. Do you think |
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> I can ever remember which is which when I need to? |
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The original meanings are tunnel and tap, I just made up acronyms for |
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them. tun would be the routed one, tap would be the broadcast one, |
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which is why I used unicast and any. |
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