The user data carried by the PPTP protocol are PPP data packets. PPP packets are carried between the PAC and PNS, encapsulated in GRE packets which in turn are carried over IP. The encapsulated PPP packets are essentially PPP data packets less any media specific framing elements. No HDLC flags, bit insertion, control characters, or control character escapes are included. No CRCs are sent through the tunnel. The IP packets transmitted over the tunnels between a PAC and PNS has the following general structure:
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| Media Header |
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| IP Header |
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| GRE Header |
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| PPP Packet |
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