TUN/TAP

In computer networking, TUN and TAP are kernel virtual network devices. Being network devices supported entirely in software, they differ from ordinary network devices which are backed by physical network adapters.

The Universal TUN/TAP Driver originated in 2000 as a merger of the corresponding drivers in Solaris, Linux and BSD.[1] The driver continues to be maintained as part of the Linux[2] and FreeBSD[3][4][5] kernels.

  1. ^ "Universal TUN/TAP driver". VTun project on SourceForge. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  2. ^ "Universal TUN/TAP device driver". Linux kernel. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. ^ "TUN(4) manual page". FreeBSD. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  4. ^ "TAP(4) manual page". FreeBSD. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
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