VPN: Design, Use and Security

Understanding how to plan and manage VPNs set up with currently available technologies. This course analyzes the technological and economic differences among several solutions, from Layer 2 VPNs to Layer 3 VPNs  and MPLS, with particular focus on the optimization solutions to realize a VPN within network infrastructures.

• Hub & Spoke and Full Meshed
• VPN selection criteria
• VPN service integration (voice, video and data)
• VPN and Security
• Layer 2 VPNs architecture
• Frame Relay and ATM protocols
• PVC and layer 2 switching
• Traffic defining parameters and SLA
• Layer 3 VPN architectures
• IPSec protocol
• SSL protocol
• VPN MPLS architectures
• LDP and RSVP-TE signaling
• MP-BGP (Multiprotocol BGP)
• Layer 2 MPLS and VPLS
• Martini and Kompella models
• Pseudowire Tunnel (PWE3)

• TLC Network Operators, IT Manager.

• TCP/IP basic understanding.