Layer Two Forwarding

News Releases

• Compuserve Selects Cisco for New Secure Virtual Private Dial-Up Network Service (1/97)
  Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced CompuServe Network Services, one of the largest network integrators, will offer secure private networking services to its dial-up customers based on Layer 2 Forwarding (L2F), available in Cisco IOS(^TM) software.

• Cisco Systems, Nortel and Shiva Team to Provide New Virtual Dial-Up Service Opportunities (6/96)
  Cisco announced the availability of technology that will enhance the ability of service providers to build Virtual Private Dial-Up Networks (VPDNs). The technology -- Layer Two Forwarding (L2F) -- has been submitted to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for approval as a standard. In addition, Northern Telecom Inc. (Nortel) and Shiva Corp. (Shiva) have announced their support for L2F.

Packet

• New Cisco Technology Enables Virtual Dial-Up Service (Q1, 1997)
  Cisco submits L2F to IETF for approval as standard.

Technical Tips

• Virtual Private Dialup Network (VPDN)
  This document describes the usage of Virtual Private Dialup Network (VPDN).