Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Jussi Peltola
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 02:49:53PM +0200, Martin Schrvder wrote: > 2009/5/24, Stuart Henderson : > > The "P" (Private) suggests some kind of privacy. > > "MPLS is well suited to the task as it provides traffic isolation and > differentiation without substantial overhead." > Doesn't the public I

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/5/24, Stuart Henderson : > The "P" (Private) suggests some kind of privacy. "MPLS is well suited to the task as it provides traffic isolation and differentiation without substantial overhead." Best Martin

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
On 2009-05-24 10:49, Stuart Henderson wrote: Where in 'VPN' do you see some kind of encryption? Intranets were build on FR clouds, ATM clouds, now on IP clouds. If your understanding of VPN means "IPsec" then maybe it's time to get back to some serious learning about the real world out there. T

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Michele Marchetto
Il giorno dom, 24/05/2009 alle 09.52 +0200, Eukasz Bromirski ha scritto: > Is there any place to read on about it? Any draft howtos, man pages, > etc? Sorry, no man pages yet. > Is it in latest development build or already in 4.5? 4.5 ships a very embryonic stack mostly coded during n2k9, while

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Bret S. Lambert
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 08:49:02AM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2009-05-24, ?ukasz Bromirski wrote: > >> It is not a "VPN" in any sense that you use over the internet or any > > > public network (such as a commercial telco) > > > > Where in 'VPN' do you see some kind of encryption? Intranet

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-05-24, ?ukasz Bromirski wrote: >> It is not a "VPN" in any sense that you use over the internet or any > > public network (such as a commercial telco) > > Where in 'VPN' do you see some kind of encryption? Intranets were > build on FR clouds, ATM clouds, now on IP clouds. If your understan

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
On 2009-05-02 18:37, Chris Cappuccio wrote: What's really frustrating here are the network admins I work with that are trying to migrate from ipsec vpns to MPLS because it's "easier" and "just as secure". Typical networking idiots. Maybe yes. > Some telcos sell an "MPLS IP VPN" service which

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-24 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
On 2009-04-29 21:48, Michele Marchetto wrote: Il giorno mar, 28/04/2009 alle 20.18 -0400, Daniel Ouellet ha scritto: So, I am not sure where this is and I am curious as to what stage it might be? We are moving things forward. The current stack have really basic functionalities but it is workin

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-05-02 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Joe S [js.li...@gmail.com] wrote: > > What's really frustrating here are the network admins I work with that > are trying to migrate from ipsec vpns to MPLS because it's "easier" > and "just as secure". > > Yaargh. > Typical networking idiots. Some telcos sell an "MPLS IP VPN" service which is

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-04-30 Thread Pete Vickers
On 30 Apr 2009, at 00:14, Daniel Ouellet wrote: Joe S wrote: What's really frustrating here are the network admins I work with that are trying to migrate from ipsec vpns to MPLS because it's "easier" and "just as secure". Well, I am not sure that it would be very convincing to them, but I

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-04-29 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Joe S wrote: What's really frustrating here are the network admins I work with that are trying to migrate from ipsec vpns to MPLS because it's "easier" and "just as secure". Well, I am not sure that it would be very convincing to them, but I guess a somewhat good argument to use might be as si

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-04-29 Thread Joe S
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Michele Marchetto wrote: > Il giorno mar, 28/04/2009 alle 20.18 -0400, Daniel Ouellet ha scritto: >> So, I am not sure where this is and I am curious as to what stage it >> might be? > > We are moving things forward. > The current stack have really basic functiona

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-04-29 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Michele Marchetto wrote: Il giorno mar, 28/04/2009 alle 20.18 -0400, Daniel Ouellet ha scritto: So, I am not sure where this is and I am curious as to what stage it might be? We are moving things forward. The current stack have really basic functionalities but it is working. I use it. Now it s

Re: MPLS status questions.

2009-04-29 Thread Michele Marchetto
Il giorno mar, 28/04/2009 alle 20.18 -0400, Daniel Ouellet ha scritto: > So, I am not sure where this is and I am curious as to what stage it > might be? We are moving things forward. The current stack have really basic functionalities but it is working. I use it. Now it support just static label

MPLS status questions.

2009-04-28 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Hi, I saw many changes in CVS for that and even on the wanted list for equipment compatibility testing as well. So, I am not sure where this is and I am curious as to what stage it might be? No complaint here, just curious what might be the current stage of it. Is it somewhat usable with a