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Basic LDP Question

  • From: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>
  • Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:44:53 -0700
  • CC: Giles Heron <giles@packetexchange.net>, Shahram Davari<Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com>, "'mpls@uu.net'" <mpls@UU.NET>, "'ppvpn@ppvpn.francetelecom.com'"<ppvpn@ppvpn.francetelecom.com>
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Yakov Rekhter wrote:
>>1.  Efficient encapsulation of VPN traffic
>>2.  Ability to run VPN on current hardware
>>
>>There are probably other reasons as well...
> 
> One of the "other reasons" is straightforward protection against packet 
> spoofing.

More straightforward than an IP firewall?

Lars
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Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu>           USC Information Sciences Institute

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