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Re: l2f and Cisco???

To: Robert Moskowitz <rgm3@chrysler.com>
Subject: Re: l2f and Cisco???
From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 12:51:21 -0400
Cc: ipsec@TIS.COM, Andy Valencia <vandys@cisco.com>
Sender: ipsec-approval@neptune.tis.com

Bob,

L2F is a method to build a 'dynamic' tunnel, for instance, in instances
where you would like to have per-customer dial-up profiles to connect to
different services & different privilege levels.

See:

 http://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pppext-l2f-02.txt

- paul

At 10:54 AM 6/20/96 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:

>Pointcast had a press release from last night from Cisco, Nortell, and Shiva
>announcing 'layer two forwarding' that they had submitted to the IETF for a
>standard.
>
>Can the Cisco and other members here comment on what l2f gives over ipsec?
>Why should l2f become more than an informational RFC and why even is it needed?
>
>Robert Moskowitz
>Chrysler Corporation
>(810) 758-8212
>

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