Re: MPLS status questions.
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 working. I use it. Now it support just static labeling through route(8) but i am developing ldpd out of the tree, and i hope to import it very soon. It is in some advanced state. Is there any place to read on about it? Any draft howtos, man pages, etc? Is it in latest development build or already in 4.5? -- Don't expect me to cry for all the | #ukasz Bromirski reasons you had to die -- Kurt Cobain |http://lukasz.bromirski.net
Re: MPLS status questions.
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 is comparable in implementation to frame relay, but switched by MPLS switches/routers instead of frame relay switches. There is no encryption. Why you are suprised? Maybe you didn't have any time to read about what MPLS VPN is and what it isn't? Even wikipedia has something to tell you about it, not mentioning any book on the subject. 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 understanding of VPN means IPsec then maybe it's time to get back to some serious learning about the real world out there. -- Don't expect me to cry for all the | Eukasz Bromirski reasons you had to die -- Kurt Cobain |http://lukasz.bromirski.net
Re: MPLS On OpenBGP
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be looking for that day wherein those Cisco guys can boost no more that they are the only ones in the planet that has the MPLS skills. Whew, maybe somebody knows where to start on how to add this MPLS feature so as to answer the question like where do I begin? You're top-posting. For the MPLS, you have basically two parts - data plane, which is encapsulation of the frames or cells, and the control plane, which is exchanging VPNv4/VPNv6 information between multiprotocol speaking BGP routers (usually - PEs/LERs in MPLS nomenclature). Quick look at google shows a lot of places where existing MPLS code can be found[1]. But as usual - maybe it's not the best of breed, or even not complete. The MPLS as itself is not Cisco domain, but it was invented by Cisco as tag switching[2] back in the days where nobody believed it will be needed. It was back in 1997. So, as Claudio said - go for it, if You think you can do better. [1]. http://www.mplsrc.com/vendor.shtml being one of them, with old ayame project as well for NetBSD [2]. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2105 -- Don't expect me to cry for all the | #ukasz Bromirski reasons you had to die -- Kurt Cobain |http://lukasz.bromirski.net
