1. Notion of virtual private network (VPN)
please refer to the VPN Technologies folder
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are used to interconnect different sites within a company via a shared network (called an overlay), or to provide connectivity to the Internet, for example. A VPN is private in the sense that it connects only sites belonging to the same entity, and virtual in the sense that it emulates on a shared network the connectivity used to carry information from one site to another....
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Notion of virtual private network (VPN)
Bibliography
Internet Drafts
Request for Comments
Directory
Organizations
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) http://www.ietf.org
Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge (pwe3) http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/pwe3-charter.html
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