Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol: Difference between revisions

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{{short description|Form of virtual private network tunnel}}

{{distinguish|Simple Symmetric Transport Protocol}}

'''Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol''' ('''SSTP''') is a form of [[virtual private network]] (VPN) tunnel that provides a mechanism to transport [[Point-to-Point Protocol|PPP]] traffic through an [[Transport Layer Security|SSL/TLS]] channel. SSL/TLS provides transport-level security with key negotiation, [[encryption]] and traffic integrity checking. The use of SSL/TLS over [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] port 443 (by default,; port can be changed) allows SSTP to pass through virtually all [[firewall (computing)|firewalls]] and [[proxy server]]s except for authenticated web proxies.<ref>{{cite web

| url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/rrasblog/archive/2007/01/17/sstp-faq-part-2-client-specific.aspx

| title=SSTP FAQ - Part 2: Client Specific