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.