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Encyclopedia > The Tunnel

Der Tunnel is a 2001 film by German director Roland Suso Richter that is loosely based on a true story about an expanding group of people who dug a tunnel in Berlin in the early 1960's to get friends and family from the East Germany to West Germany. Dozens of such tunnels have been dug, but this one became known because, in order to get financial support, the group decided to let US broadcasting company NBC film them for a documentary. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about a historical state. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...


The film takes some liberties for dramatic effect, especially in the end with a shoot-out that did not take place. Also, the first person who discovered the activity and ultimately joined in was a man, not a woman and was held captive (tied up) for much longer and mistrusted by some until the end. When the tunnel was nearing completion it started filling with water and at the end, during the flight, the tunnel was almost impossible to get through. And an improbability is that, while the refugees were being followed by the Stasi, when they reached the sign that said "You are entering the French zone", the Stasi actually stopped. This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ...


There is also a documentary about the escape which is much more true to the real events.


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What is tunneling? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: tunnel, port forwarding (378 words)
Tunneling is generally done by encapsulating the private network data and protocol information within the public network transmission units so that the private network protocol information appears to the public network as data.
Tunneling allows the use of the Internet, which is a public network, to convey data on behalf of a private network.
Tunneling, and the use of a VPN, is not intended as a substitute for encryption/decryption.
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Formed in 1846 as the amalgamation of three communities nestled along the banks of the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan, the City of Milwaukee today is home to more than 570,000 people and the cultural and commercial center of Wisconsin.
Over the years, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) has quietly built a network of tunnels that have helped to reduce the number of sewer overflows and accommodate growth within the Greater Milwaukee area.
The Past August issue of Tunnel Business Magazine published an excellent roundtable discussion on legal issues lead by Gary Brierley, with four lawyers participating — all well-known and respected in the underground construction industry — Bob Smith, Bob Fitzgerald, Randy Hafer and Dave Corkum.
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