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Sending this to the list per Nachi's suggestion. Looking for background info and general plan on approach on VPNaaS. My questions from a private thread started, are in green below.

Any suggestions/info would be appreciated…


PCM (Paul Michali)

On May 8, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Nachi Ueno wrote:

> Hi Paul
> 
> Thank you for your comment
> Could you share your thought and comment on openstack-dev mailing list.
> There is thread for VPNaaS and discussing the api now.
> 
> For milestone perspective, we will start with IPSec + Amazon VPC + OpenVPN set
> ( all open source and simple solution). Then, we will add more
> advanced functions and
> vender drivers. ( This is same way as LBaaS)
> 
> Thanks
> Nachi
> 
> 
> 2013/5/8 Paul Michali <pcm at cisco.com>:
>> Appreciated the link Mark.  Had a few general questions on VPNaaS…
>> 
>> 
>> The Amazon implementation has VPN H/W on the customer side. Do they have a
>> H/W or S/W implementation on the Amazon side?
>> 
>> For the OS VPNaaS, is the intent to do a full software solution initially,
>> or one that relies on plugins and H/W?
>>     If S/W will we use something like OpenVPN?
>>     Is that what Nova uses?
>>     Is that for site to site, as well as remote access?
>> 
>> To help with the models, does it make sense for me to look at vendor VPN
>> gear documentation?
>> If so, any suggestion of Cisco and other vendor models that I should look
>> into, to better understand what model entities are needed?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance!!!
>> 
>> PCM (Paul Michali)
>> 
>> 
>> On May 3, 2013, at 6:25 PM, mark mcclain wrote:
>> 
>> Glad to have more folks working on this.  Fortunately, we're just getting
>> started with the VPNaaS so there's not too much to catch up on.  If you
>> haven't already, I'd take a look at Amazon VPC Admin Guide:
>> 
>> http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/NetworkAdminGuide/Welcome.html
>> 
>> We're not going to replicate it exactly, but it is a good base for deciding
>> what is in or out of the implementation.
>> 
>> mark
>> 

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