Kitty Hawk Wide Area Network (Current)

• Provides connectivity between the three security perimeters for external traffic thus allowing for transparent redundant fail-over and load balancing between perimeters and the external environment.

• Carries “untrusted” inter-region traffic isolated from the internal intranet.

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Connecting Campus Networks to the Provider Net

• Enclaves are established at various sites based on local requirements.

• Single access reduces costs and alleviates availability issues.

• Associate the Enclave to a VPN based on the ATM VC (or sub interface) at the PE, or by some other method.

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LAN - Network Lite / Lifeline Service

• Low cost connection service being explored to provide lower price point for small offices and as a low cost backup for sites with existing Frame Relay or other, relatively low speed, connection service.
• The service makes use of DSL or cable modem as access to the public Internet.
• IPSEC tunnels configured for privacy.
• The site is effectively “internal” - All addressing and the routing architecture maintained.
• Contract with AT&T signed to provide access services.

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