[rfc-dist] RFC 4381 on Analysis of the Security of BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

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        RFC 4381

        Title:      Analysis of the Security of 
                    BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 
        Author:     M. Behringer
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       February 2006
        Mailbox:    mbehring at cisco.com
        Pages:      22
        Characters: 55200
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-behringer-mpls-security-10.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4381.txt

This document analyses the security of the BGP/MPLS IP virtual
private network (VPN) architecture that is described in RFC 4364,
for the benefit of service providers and VPN users.

The analysis shows that BGP/MPLS IP VPN networks can be as secure as
traditional layer-2 VPN services using Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM) or Frame Relay.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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