Brochures

• Cisco SMB Class VPN Solution Overview
• Cisco Managed IPSec Customer Premises Equipment VPN Solution
  This document provides a technical perspective of the Cisco Managed IP Security (IPSec) Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution.

• Cisco Cable Remote Access to MPLS VPN Technical Solution
  This document provides a technical perspective of the Cisco Cable Remote Access to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution implemented over a shared infrastructure.

• Cisco DSL Remote Access to MPLS VPN Technical Solution
  This document presents an overview of the Cisco Remote Access to MPLS VPN solution, which enables service providers to connect remote access users with DSL, dial or cable connections to an MPLS VPN and to deliver bundled value-added services.

• Multiservice VPN Solution Overview
  Learn how Cisco Multiservice VPN solutions enable service providers to deploy converged voice, video, fax, and data services to enterprise customers over a shared infrastructure.

• Cisco Dial Remote Access to MPLS VPN Technical Overview
  Provides a technical perspective of Cisco Remote Access to Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution, implemented over a shared infrastructure.

• Cisco Remote Access to MPLS VPN Business Overview
  Provides an overview of the Cisco Remote Access to MPLS VPN Solution, which enables service providers to offer managed VPN services and advance their service.

Data Sheets

• Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
  Describes a feature in Cisco IOS Software that is key to developing your Access Virtual Private Network with a standard way to provide connectivity.

Q and As

• Cisco Network-Based IPSec VPN Solution
• Cisco Remote Access to MPLS VPNs Q&A
  Frequently asked questions of the Cisco Remote Access to MPLS VPN Solution.

Business Cases

• From Frame Relay to IP VPN: Why to Migrate, Why to Out-Task
• Implementing Managed IP Virtual Private Network Services
• Securing Your Business Network: Integrated Network Security
  Describes how Cisco products, services, and integrated network security solutions allow customers to safely take advantage of Internet business opportunities, increase productivity, and gain competitive advantage.

• Network Security--Embedded in Network, Integrated in Product
  This paper discusses network evolution which is driving the need for security functionality integrated in the network infrastructure and embedded throughout the network.

• Economic Impact of Network Security Threats
  This paper describes the dynamics in today’s business climate that are driving network security requirements, and provides an understanding of the threats facing business leaders.

• Recovery After a Breach in Network Security
  This white paper discusses best practices for disaster recover that involve information security and IT professionals, as well as law enforcement.

• The Return on Investment for Network Security
  This white paper quantifies the value of network security with regard to the economic consequences of a security breach.

• Action Steps for Improving Information Security
  This white paper describes the steps you should take to ensure a secure network infrastructure.

Profiles

• Belgacom Offers Managed VPN Services to Its Business Customers
• SingTel Speeds Service Delivery and Simplifies VPN Network Mana
  SingTel aims to be the first truly pan-Asian total communications carrier, with a reach unmatched by any other operator in the Asia Pacific region. A key enabler of this goal: scalable operations support system (OSS) solutions from Cisco Systems.

• Privacy Protection Depends on Network Security
  This white paper reviews some of the laws that mandate consumer privacy protection and how network security helps ensure data privacy.

• Versatel Speeds Deployment of MPLS-based VPN Services
  "The Cisco Internet OSS solution has reduced the work required to deploy a virtual private network, so we can provision more sites per day," says Yurri Hopmans, Data Network Developer at Versatel.

White Papers

• Service Provider Quality of Service Design Guide
• VPN Architectures -- Comparing MPLS and IPSec
  VPN Architectures - Comparing Multiprotocol Label Switching, IPSec, and a Combined Approach.

• Cisco Network-Based IPSec VPN Solution
• Cisco Cable Remote Access to MPLS VPN Solution
  This technical solution overview covers the Cisco Cable Remote Access to MPLS VPN solution implemented over a shared infrastructure, enabling a cable operator's MPLS-based core network to offer customers bundled end-to-end remote access VPN services.

• MPLS and IP Quality of Service in Service Provider ATM Networks
  Covers drivers behind MPLS, MPLS in the ATM WAN, ATM MPLS point of presence design, Virtual Private Networks, migrating MPLS over a traditional ATM cloud, and quality of service in an MPLS network.

Design Implementation Guides

• Access Solutions
  Describes how to use this guide and provides links to the individual sections. Graphics for the Access Solutions Guide will be published on, or before, 11/7/97.