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Basic LDP Question

  • From: Shahram Davari <Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com>
  • Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:06:31 -0700
  • Cc: "'Yakov Rekhter'" <yakov@juniper.net>, "'mpls@uu.net'" <mpls@UU.NET>, "'ppvpn@ppvpn.francetelecom.com'" <ppvpn@ppvpn.francetelecom.com>

This is not about OAM debate. It is about security. If you are allergic to this name let's call it "maintenance" or "X" or anything you like. What will you do in your VPN network to make sure that a customer's traffic is not forwarded to wrong destination? You need "X" don't you? 

-Shahram

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giles Heron [mailto:giles@packetexchange.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:00 PM
> To: Shahram Davari
> Cc: 'Yakov Rekhter'; 'mpls@uu.net'; 'ppvpn@ppvpn.francetelecom.com'
> Subject: RE: Basic LDP Question
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 18:39, Shahram Davari wrote:
> >  
> > > > in IP also you can do ACL.
> > > 
> > > yes, but it has its own cost/complexity.
> > 
> > Sure, but using LDP you are forced to run some kind of OAM, 
> to detect
> > mis-config of LSRs. So nothing is gained. The 
> cost/complexity of filtering is
> > replaced with cost/complexity of OAM.
> 
> please let's not turn this into yet another MPLS OAM debate.
> 
> Giles
> 
> > 
> > -Shahram
> > 
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