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Microsoft API and server software
Routing and Remote Access Service
(
RRAS
) is a Microsoft
API
and
server
software that makes it possible to create applications to administer the
routing
and remote access service capabilities of the
operating system
, to function as a network router. Developers can also use RRAS to implement routing protocols. The RRAS server functionality follows and builds upon the
Remote Access Service
(RAS) in
Windows NT 4.0
.
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Overview
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RRAS was introduced with
Windows 2000
and offered as a download for Windows NT 4.0.
Routing services and remote access services used to work separately.
Point-to-Point Protocol
(PPP), the protocol suite commonly used to negotiate point-to-point connections, has allowed them to be combined.
RRAS can be used to create
client
applications. These applications display RAS common
dialog boxes
, manage remote access connections and devices, and manipulate phone-book entries.
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Routing and Remote Access Service Management Pack
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The Routing and Remote Access Service Management Pack helps a network administrator monitor the status and availability of computers running Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Features introduced in Windows Server 2008
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- Server Manager ? Application used to assist system administrators with installation, configuration, and management of other RRAS features.
- Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol
- VPN enforcement for
Network Access Protection
? Limits VPN connections to defined network services.
- IPv6
support ? added
PPPv6
,
L2TP
,
DHCPv6
, and
RADIUS
technologies allowing them to work over IPv6.
- New
cryptographic
support ? strengthened
encryption
algorithms to comply with U.S. government security requirements, in addition to removing algorithms which could not be strengthened.
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Removed technologies
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See also
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References
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External links
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