Virtual Private Networks:

A practical one day introduction

 

COURSE ID: VPN

 

LEVEL: Introduction to Light Technical

 

Emerging Network Environment

 

Market Dynamics

Key VPN Benefits

The New Converged Packet Network

 

Defining Virtual Private Networks

 

Family of VPN Capabilities

Remote Access VPNs

Intranet VPNs

Enterprise VPNs

Extranet VPNs

Enhanced V/IP VPNs

 

Building a VPN

 

Confidentiality

Authentication

Digital Certificates

Radius

Security

Firewalling

IPsec

Tunnelling

PPTP

How does tunnelling work?

Performance

VPN IP QOS

DiffServ

PPP with fragmentation

RSVP

QoS and Dial Access

Management

VPN Policy Management

SLAs

AAA, OAM

Routing

            Private OSPF,

Public and private MPLS

VPNs and Optical interconnect opportunities

 

IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES

 

Virtual Private Network Case Studies

 

Direct dial-up vs. VPN costs

Private Line vs. VPN costs

 

Case Studies of actual implication issues

Application dependences...what works well, what has problems

Cost tradeoffs for various network implementations

Cost benefit analysis

Cost Of Network Ownership (CONO)

Barriers to entry for VPN implementations

Carrier, Service Provider and Vendor issues

What's available in Australia?

What’s available in [Insert Local Country]

 

Online demonstrations of VPN implementations.

 

Looking Ahead

Assessing the impact of IP Next Generation - IPv6

IPv6 Addressing

IPv6 Performance Enhancements

IPv6 Network Service

IPv6 Addressing Flexibility

IPv6 Security Capabilities

IPv6 PDU General Form

IPv6 Extension Fields

 

Future of Public Network Carriage for Enterprise Internetworks