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Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

• peter_d_sherman 4y ago
  Related: Tunneling Protocols: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tunneling_protocols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tunneling_protocols
• _8j50 4y ago
  MPLS is to BGP what Tesla is to Edison lol. MPLS is the original cloud (or is it ATM? If an oldtimer can correct me). "The MPLS cloud" was a thing networkers said when describing a providers MPLS network. I always assumed that's where cloud computing came as a term originated. Also checkout DMVPN: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Multipoint_Virtual_Private_Network https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Multipoint_Virtual_P... It's a shame cisco is no longer a trend-setter. I always wondered why Tor didn't do DMVPN like stuff at guards and MPLS like routing (garlic routing instead of onion - encrypt payload only for the destination, let relays pop crypto labels and forward).
  • peter_d_sherman 4y ago
    Interesting! Thanks for the DMVPN link! (Didn't know about it previously!)
• bcrl 4y ago
  The recent Rogers outage shows the downsides of having a unified transport network.