[c-nsp] MPLS and IPSEC co-working

Rodney Dunn rodunn at cisco.com
Thu Aug 16 08:29:48 EDT 2007


I honestly don't know. I've seen it discussed some before but
don't recall seeing a roadmap or confirmation about it being
done.

It may already be done and I just don't know it.


Rodney

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 02:59:59PM +0300, Andris Zarins wrote:
> Thanks for quick reply ;)
> 
> If its not top-secret, are there any plans to address this issue in near
> future? 
> 
> 
> A
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Dunn [mailto:rodunn at cisco.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:54 PM
> To: Andris Zarins
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] MPLS and IPSEC co-working
> 
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Network setup is pretty trivial - three routers running MPLS (LDP
> > > full-mesh) to support 20+ MPLS VPNs. Tricky part, is that customer 
> > > is asking to secure that infrastructure by running IPSEC (3DES). As 
> > > far as I know, I can not run LDP over Tunnel interfaces, and 
> > > crypto-maps will not help also. Concept of running IPSEC between 
> > > CPEs doesn't make sense, as there are no CPEs :(
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Question is - is VRF-Lite plus back-to-back connectivity, like 
> > > option A for inter AS MPLS, the only viable option I have, or Im 
> > > missing something and there are other, more scalable ways to do it?
> 
> I think it is today.
> 
> Rodney
> 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Andris
> > > CCIE #17473
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