MPLS

[peterve]

Hi,

I was wondering :
is a Cisco MPLS based VPN solution 100% secure ? Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[wybnormal]

Nothing in this world is 100% secure..

MikeS
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin

 

[peterve]

what I was trying to say was :

Is a mpls based VPN MORE secure than a regular VPN solution (PPTP, ...) ?

Is this solution (regarding to security) as secure as a dedicated leased line ? Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[wybnormal]

Technically speaking, a dedicated leased line ( point to point copper/fiber) is the most secure. Your switching technologies like ATM or MPLS( ATM on steroids) use switches along the data pathway where someone *could* get at the packets. When I worked spook projects, the only secure link was a hard line from A to B and a scrambler box.

How secure your data is will depend more on the encryption you use then the transport method.

Dont forget the weakest link in the security is the person at the other end.

MikeS
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin

 

[peterve]

suppose I connect 5 sites using MPLS, over a ATM cloud (not the internet)
Our MPLS network has unique MPLS labels...
can somebody from another MPLS circuit capture data from my circuits ? (or do they need access to the internal MPLS routers ?) Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be