VPNs

The JUNOS software supports several types of VPNs:

• Layer 2 VPNs—A Layer 2 VPN links a set of sites sharing common routing information, and whose connectivity is controlled by a collection of policies. A Layer 2 VPN is not aware of routes within a customer’s network. It simply provides private links between a customer’s sites over the service provider’s existing public Internet backbone.
• Layer 3 VPNs—A Layer 3 VPN links a set of sites that share common routing information, and whose connectivity is controlled by a collection of policies. A Layer 3 VPN is aware of routes within a customer’s network, requiring more configuration on the part of the service provider than a Layer 2 VPN. The sites that make up a Layer 3 VPN are connected over a service provider’s existing public Internet backbone.
• Interprovider VPNs—An interprovider VPN supplies connectivity between two VPNs in separate autonomous systems (ASs). This functionality could be used by a VPN customer with connections to several various ISPs, or different connections to the same ISP in various geographic regions.
• Carrier-of-Carrier VPNs—Carrier-of-carrier VPNs allow a VPN service provider to supply VPN service to a customer who is also a service provider. The latter service provider supplies Internet or VPN service to an end customer.