Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-25 Thread dre
""John Neiberger"" wrote in message ... > I'm just now digging deeper into current VPN technologies since > I'm researching Qwest's PRN service. I'm awaiting a definitive > answer from them but it appears that their PRN service is 2764-based, > which apparently means it does not use MPLS like 2547

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-25 Thread
hey, John, I understand there is an update to RFC 2549, due out Real Soon Now, which might help you out here. ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm just now digging deeper into current VPN technologies since I'm > researching Qwest's PRN service. I'm awaiting a definiti

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-25 Thread annlee
John Neiberger wrote: > I'm just now digging deeper into current VPN technologies since I'm > researching Qwest's PRN service. I'm awaiting a definitive answer from them > but it appears that their PRN service is 2764-based, which apparently means > it does not use MPLS like 2547-based VPNs. I'm c

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-26 Thread Nakul Malik
passport at heart an ATM switch/ Passport is FR. -Nakul ""annlee"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > John Neiberger wrote: > > > I'm just now digging deeper into current VPN technologies since I'm > > researching Qwest's PRN service. I'm awaiting a definitive answer from them

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-26 Thread annlee
Nakul Malik wrote: > passport at heart an ATM switch/ > > Passport is FR. > > -Nakul > > > > ""annlee"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>John Neiberger wrote: >> >> >>>I'm just now digging deeper into current VPN technologies since I'm >>>researching Qwest's PRN service.

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-26 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
At 2:22 PM + 7/26/03, Nakul Malik wrote: >passport at heart an ATM switch/ > >Passport is FR. > >-Nakul The Passport is internally a cell switch, onto which Nortel has overlaid a great many other features. Before I went to work for Nortel, I consulted on the BGP implementation, an

RE: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-26 Thread Reimer, Fred
cipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. -Original Message- From: Nakul Malik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 10:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: R

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-26 Thread p b
dre wrote: > > I, personally, do not want to get heavily into it. It's not > mature > technology, and it's all bad, IMO. There are a few solid > technologies...and they are mostly the ones that were > implemented > first. Sure, MPLS-VPN with 2547 is great, but it scales > horribly > and is diff

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-26 Thread Peter van Oene
>I'm curious if anyone has talked to their SP and has thought about >leveraging MPLS carrier's carrier approach? Not sure how many >SPs, if any, support this currently, but seems to have the >right scaling properties if you're an ISP. And with the ability >for eBGP to carry labels for BGP routes

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-27 Thread Nakul Malik
Thanks Anlee. I used to work for GTL a while back and they told us that passport was at heart running on FR. When i say passport, i refer to 6480/7480 etc., not 8600, which most people, including me still refer to as Accelar. I agree with u on the backplane statement though. Everything happens thru

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-27 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
At 5:55 AM + 7/27/03, Nakul Malik wrote: >Thanks Anlee. >I used to work for GTL a while back and they told us that passport was at >heart running on FR. When i say passport, i refer to 6480/7480 etc., not >8600, which most people, including me still refer to as Accelar. >I agree with u on the b

Re: RFC 2547 vs. RFC 2764 VPNs [7:73048]

2003-07-28 Thread John Neiberger
>Also worth looking at is the hardware component: what will run on >the hardware you've already got (if anything)? IF you already >have most or all of the hardware pieces to implement Cisco's >version, then Cisco's probably makes sense. IF you already have >the requisite Nortel gear (Passports?