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From: Philip Craig <philipc@snapgear.com>
Subject: Re: [question] bridged tunnel
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:28:05 +1000
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Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Well generally there could be anything (e.g. internet) in between ROUTER A and
> B. That's why.

If the internet is in the middle, then you don't want to invent your own
tunneling.  Using something like OpenVPN in tap mode, or gretap over IPSec.