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This paper describes the specification of a management architecture allowing virtual private network (VPN) customers to dynamically modify the configuration of their VPN. The specification has been structured according to the ODP viewpoints. A special emphasis has been laid on how changes in the logical VPN configuration affect or are reflected in the underlying physical networks. As a result, an informational and a computational VPN configuration management architecture have been developed illustrating how processing and data can be distributed between the different layers and domains composing the architecture.
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Gaspoz, JP., Hubaux, JP. & Znaty, S. A generic architecture for VPN configuration management. J Netw Syst Manage 4, 375–395 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283161
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