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GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation)


Term
GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation)

Abbreviation
GRE

Definition
GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) is a tunneling protocol that can encapsulate a wide variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point-to-point links over an IP (Internet Protoco) network.

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