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Re: l2f and Cisco???
> 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 neede
> d?
Bob,
L2F and IPSEC play very different roles. In fact the two can be used
together to play a quite useful role. l2f provides for tunneling of remote
access users to a central location so their connectivity appears similar no
matter what access point they use. (ie. if I dialed into ANY of my service
providers dialup pools, in any city, I would still get the same network
connectivity as if I dialed into cisco directly.) Another benefit is the
MUXing of multiple users over a single (presumably lower cost) long haul
link (internet, frame relay, ...).
This protocol (and another called PPTP) are being discussed on the ppp list
<ietf-ppp@MERIT.EDU>
Dave
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