Cisco Press eBooks

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Routing TCP/IP, Volume II (CCIE Professional Development)

A detailed examination of exterior routing protocols and advanced IP routing issues

Routing TCP/IP, Volume II, enables you to:

* Master the operational components, configuration, and troubleshooting of BGP-4-the de facto interdomain routing protocol
* Understand the operation, configuration, and troubleshooting of NAT
* Learn how to deploy, configure, and troubleshoot IP multicast routing through an array of case studies and exercises
* Familiarize yourself with the design goals and current state of IPv6, the new generation of the IP protocol
* Implement router management through a diverse range of expert-tested methods
* Test and validate your knowledge with practical, comprehensive review questions, configuration exercises, and troubleshooting exercises
* Further your CCIE preparation while mastering advanced TCP/IP concepts

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Cisco BGP-4 Command and Configuration Handbook

The comprehensive, hands-on guide to all Cisco IOS(r) Software BGP-4 commands

* The complete BGP-4 command reference
* invaluable for network designers, engineers, and architects
* Provides configuration, troubleshooting, and verification scenarios for every possible BGP-4 command supported by Cisco IOS Software that can be implemented on a minimum number of routers
* Groups BGP-4 commands by area of implementation route aggregation, auto-summary, route filtering, and route advertisement, just to name a few
* Provides clear and concise commentary on the initial release, purpose, syntax, and usage of each BGP-4 command
* Offers excellent CCIE certification preparation from one of the CCIE Program Managers
* Includes supplementary information on regular expressions, route map logic, and RFC 1771, A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)

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Advanced MPLS Design and Implementation

An in-depth guide to understanding advanced MPLS implementation, including packet-based VPNs, ATM-based VPNs, traffic engineering, and quality of service

Advanced MPLS Design and Implementation enables you to:

* Understand MPLS through a detailed analysis of MPLS architecture and operation
* Design and implement packet-based MPLS Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) using label switching routers (LSRs)
* Design and implement ATM-based MPLS VPNs using WAN-switched ATM LSRs
* Implement MPLS traffic engineering on your core network and optimize traffic flows dynamically
* Implement MPLS QoS and provide hard service guarantees with multiple classes of service
* Acquire practical design and implementation knowledge of real-world MPLS VPNs, TE, and QoS through case studies and configuration examples

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MPLS and VPN Architectures

A practical guide to understanding, designing, and deploying MPLS and MPLS-enabled VPNs

* In-depth analysis of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) architecture
* Detailed discussion of the mechanisms and features that constitute the architecture
* Learn how MPLS scales to support tens of thousands of VPNs
* Extensive case studies guide you through the design and deployment of real-world MPLS/VPN networks
* Configuration examples and guidelines assist in configuring MPLS on Cisco® devices
* Design and implementation options help you build various VPN topologies

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is an innovative technique for high-performance packet forwarding. There are many uses for this new technology, both within a service-provider environment and within the enterprise network, and the most widely deployed usage today is the enabling of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). With the introduction of MPLS-enabled VPNs, network designers are able to better scale their networks than with the methods available in the past.

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Routing TCP/IP, Volume I, 2nd Edition

A detailed examination of interior routing protocols — completely updated in a new edition

# A complete revision of the best-selling first edition–widely considered a premier text on TCP/IP routing protocols
# A core textbook for CCIE preparation and a practical reference for network designers, administrators, and engineers
# Includes configuration and troubleshooting lessons that would cost thousands to learn in a classroom and numerous real-world examples and case studies

Praised in its first edition for its approachable style and wealth of information, this new edition provides readers a deep understanding of IP routing protocols, teaches how to implement these protocols using Cisco routers, and brings readers up to date protocol and implementation enhancements. Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, Second Edition, includes protocol changes and Cisco features that enhance routing integrity, secure routers from attacks initiated through routing protocols, and provide greater control over the propagation of routing information for all the IP interior routing protocols. Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, Second Edition, provides a detailed analysis of each of the IP interior gateway protocols (IGPs). Its structure remains the same as the best-selling first edition, though information within each section is enhanced and modified to include the new developments in routing protocols and Cisco implementations. What’s New In This Edition? The first edition covers routing protocols as they existed in 1998. The new book updates all covered routing protocols and discusses new features integrated in the latest version of Cisco IOS Software. IPv6, its use with interior routing protocols, and its interoperability and integration with IPv4 are also integrated into this book. Approximately 200 pages of new information are added to the main text, with some old text removed. Additional exercise and solutions are also included.

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Optimal Routing Design

Techniques for optimizing large-scale IP routing operation and managing network growth

* Understand the goals of scalable network design, including tradeoffs between network scaling, convergence speed, and resiliency
* Learn basic techniques applicable to any network design, including hierarchy, addressing, summarization, and information hiding
* Examine the deployment and operation of EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS protocols on large-scale networks
* Understand when and how to use a BGP core in a large-scale network and how to use BGP to connect to external networks
* Apply high availability and fast convergence to achieve 99.999 percent, or “five 9s” network uptime
* Secure routing systems with the latest routing protocol security best practices
* Understand the various techniques used for carrying routing information through a VPN

Optimal Routing Design provides the tools and techniques, learned through years of experience with network design and deployment, to build a large-scale or scalable IP-routed network. The book takes an easy-to-read approach that is accessible to novice network designers while presenting invaluable, hard-to-find insight that appeals to more advanced-level professionals as well.

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MPLS VPN Security

A practical guide to hardening MPLS networks

* Define “zones of trust” for your MPLS VPN environment
* Understand fundamental security principles and how MPLS VPNs work
* Build an MPLS VPN threat model that defines attack points, such as VPN separation, VPN spoofing, DoS against the network’s backbone, misconfigurations, sniffing, and inside attack forms
* Identify VPN security requirements, including robustness against attacks, hiding of the core infrastructure, protection against spoofing, and ATM/Frame Relay security comparisons
* Interpret complex architectures such as extranet access with recommendations of Inter-AS, carrier-supporting carriers, Layer 2 security considerations, and multiple provider trust model issues
* Operate and maintain a secure MPLS core with industry best practices
* Integrate IPsec into your MPLS VPN for extra security in encryption and data origin verification
* Build VPNs by interconnecting Layer 2 networks with new available architectures such as virtual private wire service (VPWS) and virtual private LAN service (VPLS)
* Protect your core network from attack by considering Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM) and MPLS backbone security incidents

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is becoming a widely deployed technology, specifically for providing virtual private network (VPN) services. Security is a major concern for companies migrating to MPLS VPNs from existing VPN technologies such as ATM. Organizations deploying MPLS VPNs need security best practices for protecting their networks, specifically for the more complex deployment models such as inter-provider networks and Internet provisioning on the network.

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