In certain models of inter-provider Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) spoofing attack against VPN sites is a key concern. For example, MPLS-based VPN ...

DENVER — As extensions to the multiprotocol label switching standard make MPLS viable for virtual private network transport, experts are warning against taking the protocol too far, too fast. MPLS is ...

In the last two posts I discussed the role of FECs in MPLS networks, and implicit and explicit null labels. In this brief post I’d like to discuss MPLS label stacking, as a preliminary to a couple of ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2002 - Cisco Systems, Inc. today introduces the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of technologies for enabling managed central services over Multiprotocol Label ...

I’ve written several posts on different aspects of MPLS: How the FEC is key to the separation of control and forwarding functions in MPLS, the difference between implicit and explicit null labels, how ...

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a switching mechanism used in wide area networks (WANs). MPLS uses labels instead of network addresses to route traffic optimally via shorter pathways. MPLS is ...

Provider-provisioned virtual private networks (PP-VPNs) are a relatively new technology that combines elements of network and customer premises equipment (CPE) VPNs to provide a secure networking ...

We're in the process of switching to a new MPLS provider. With our old provider, we used point-to-point IP addresses between our CE and the PE in the RFC 1918 range. We also used only BGP AS numbers ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Redback Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: RBAK), a leading provider of next-generation broadband networking equipment, today announced BGP/MPLS VPN support for the SmartEdge™ 800 Router, ...

My company has contracted Verizon Business to install an MPLS network for our eight largest offices in the US and Canada. In our primary data center they will give us a Cisco 3825 router with one ...

LONDON -- Easynet, the pan-European Broadband provider for business, today launched MPLS IP Anywhere, the most comprehensive IP VPN solution available in the UK today. MPLS IP Anywhere is designed for ...

We're witnessing a transition toward software-based networking across almost every aspect of IT. Without repeating any holy grail marketing statements about software-defined WAN, we do have to discuss ...