Re: SRv6

[Anoop Ghanwani <anoop () alumni duke edu>]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 5:08 PM Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:

> > You might be on to something, but I'm unsure... are you suggesting that
> it's
> > any less private over SRv6 than it was over MPLS ?
>
> neither srv6, srmpls, mpls, gre, ... provide privacy.  they all
> transport the payload in nekkid cleartext.
>
> Dance like no one's watching. Encrypt like everyone is.

It depends on the definition of VPN.  In terms of services like
MPLS-based VPNs, it refers to the extension of a Private network
over a shared infrastructure, allowing entities using the shared
infrastructure to have their own private address space and routing
tables.