MPLS Configuration Tutorial » Cisco [Step by Step]

What is Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)?

General MPLS and MPLS related concepts were briefly introduced to the audience, followed by an overview of a typical service provider network, classic topologies and basic traffic engineering strategies. Several network reconnaissance techniques were presented that could allow an adversary to partially or, in some cases, fully reveal the MPLS backbone Label Switching Router (LSR) interconnections by leaking internal LSR IP addresses. Furthermore, certain vendor implementations were found to allo