Security Basics: RE: AVPN vs MPLS WAN

["Michael Benedetto" <mbenedetto () amnh org>]

The only reference I know of for AVPN are:

- the shortened version of AlmostVPN, which is a SSH Tunnel Manager for OS X. The site for it is 
http://www.leapingbytes.com/almostvpn.

- "AVPN.ORG" which is a VPN hosting service. 

- AT&T's AVPN service - "AT&T's newest flagship offering allows customers to implement an MPLS-based network comprised 
of managed and unmanaged locations along with a plethora of added features such as Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and 
multicast." (http://www.business.att.com/wholesale/Family/w_ip/w_mpls_based_vpns/)

I don't have details on any of them, but hopefully this gets you going in the right direction.

Michael Benedetto, CISSP, CISM
Senior Associate Director of Information Technology
Network Systems and Information Security
American Museum of Natural History
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-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of ? aditya mukadam ?
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:40 AM
To: Spence, H J
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: AVPN vs MPLS WAN

Hmm ...im hearing it for the first time 'AVPN'.  Hope its not a typo
for A VPN :-)

Thanks,
Aditya Govind Mukadam

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Spence, H J
<james.spence () verizonbusiness com> wrote:
> I am looking for a comparison of AVPN and MPLS for a security
> assessment. Does any one have an experience with assessing AVPN in a Sec
> audit?
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> Specifically:
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> What is AVPN?
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> What does the AVPN product add to MPLS?
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> Is it end to end encrypted like VPN?
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> Thanks
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> James