GRE / IPSec Tunnels
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What is GRE / IPSec Tunnels?
GRE, or Generic Routing Encapsulation, is a tunneling protocol that wraps packets from one protocol inside packets of another, allowing traffic to be carried across networks that would not normally support it. On its own, GRE provides no encryption, so it is commonly combined with IPSec, which adds authentication and encryption to secure the tunnel. Together, GRE over IPSec is widely used to create flexible, secure connections between sites while supporting routing protocols and multicast traffic that plain IPSec tunnels cannot carry on their own.
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Can I learn GRE / IPSec Tunnels in Hindi?
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Is this GRE / IPSec Tunnels tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 113 of 195 in the free Network Engineer roadmap, in stage 13, Tunneling & VPNs. If you are new to Network Engineer, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.