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Re: Which FW for MPLS VPN?

  • From: sthaug@nethelp.no
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:58:19 +0100
  • Cc: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
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> As Cisco doesn't seem to have a suitable firewall IOS for their PIX any 
> time soon, and the Lucent Brick we picked up doesn't seem to be anywhere 
> close to usable, what Firewall are you folks using to connect multiple 
> MPLS VPNs to the Internet?

Any firewall that can handle "virtual" firewalls within the box *and*
overlapping address spaces for these virtual firewalls (one virtual
firewall per VPN), with the VPNs typically brought in to the firewall
box via a VLAN trunk.

I believe Juniper Netscreen offers this functionality. I'm sure there
are others.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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