Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a for connecting Windows NT clients and servers over (RAS). It can be used to create a virtual private network (VPN) between computers running NT.
==Support==
===Apple===
PPTP is no longer supported by Apple as of macOS Sierra (10.12) due to security issues.PPTP VPN option missing. by Ultmast, Apple Developer Forums. 2016-06-14. More secure VPN protocols include L2TP, , and Cisco .
===Microsoft===
PPTP is an extension of PPP supported by Microsoft. may be used with PPTP to provide an encrypted connection, as PPTP by itself does not use encryption.
Compare: Layer Two Tunneling Protocol.. 1998-09-23.
==References==
==See also==
*Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
*Point-to-Point Protocol
==External links==
*If you see a "VPN Using PPTP May Not Be Secure" alert at Apple Support (2018-01-02)
* at Wikipedia
Category:Internet