A Generic Architecture for VPN Configuration Management [Vol. 4, No. 4, 1996]

A Generic Architecture for VPN Configuration Management

J-P. Gaspoz
Telecom SA
Chemin des Delices, 9
CH-100, Lausanne 13, Switzerland
Email: jp.gaspoz_AT_tsa.ch

J-P. Hubaux
EPFL, TCOM Laboratory
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: hubaux_AT_tcom.epfl.ch

S. Znaty
EPFL, TCOM Laboratory
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: znaty_AT_tcom.epfl.ch

Abstract
This paper describes the specification of a management architecture allowing virtual private network (VPN) customers to dynamically modify the configuration of their VPN. The specification has been structured according to the ODP viewpoints. A special emphasis has been laid on how changes in the logical VPN configuration affect or are reflected in the underlying physical networks. As a result, an informational and a computational VPN configuration management architecture have been developed illustrating how processing and data can be distributed between the different layers and domains composing the architecture.

Keywords: VPN, Service and Network Management, ODP, TINA.

JNSM: Vol. 4, No. 4, 1996 A Generic Architecture for VPN Configuration Management [Vol. 4, No. 4, 1996]

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