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