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Basic LDP Question

  • From: Yakov Rekhter <yakov@juniper.net>
  • Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 11:05:15 -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>

> 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?

yes.

Yakov.