How to Setup an L2TP/IPsec VPN Client on Linux | Linux Today

How to Setup an L2TP/IPsec VPN Client on Linux

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Dec 5, 2019

L2TP (which stands for Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) is a tunneling protocol designed to support virtual private networks (VPN connections) over the internet. It is implemented in most if not all modern operating systems including Linux and VPN-capable devices

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