attacks on MPLS?

Fri Apr 10 11:04:52 UTC 2009

* Christopher Morrow:

> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Steven M. Bellovin <smb at cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
>> http://www.darkreading.com/securityservices/services/data/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216403220
>
> This is different from ATM or FRAME or Private lines how? In the end,
> MPLS is just a transport layer for the private network, if you don't
> secure your data over a transport, shocker, people can see it!!!

People generally believe that MPLS VPNs are encrypted because all VPNs
are encrypted in their world. 8-/