L2TP: Implementation and Operation (The Addison-Wesley Networking Basics Series)

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Summary: Good reference for L2TP!
Review: Although the book seems to be small in size, it covers L2TP protocol very well. This book gives a good discussion of L2TP protocol and deployment in different scenarios and good refernce for developers.

Clearly explains the tunnel and session negotiations with state machines and examples.
The implementation tips provides guidelines for implementing L2TP stack. Also explains the interaction of L2TP with PPP and IPSec and covers the security aspects of L2TP.

This book is more focussed on the L2TP client running in the ISP side(Compulsory L2TP tunneling).May be author can provide more details on the deployment where L2TP client running at the Remote User PC.

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Summary: Clear and concise
Review: This book is clear, concise and helps the reader understand the details of implementation, and issues surrounding L2TP. Areas that were rough spots (including authentication, hiding and unhiding AVPs, and sequencing) during the bakeoffs are described clearly, which goes a long way to help reduce the development cycle of anyone implementing L2TP. If someone is developing, deploying, supporting, or marketing L2TP, they should read this book. The book is small enough that it is not overwhelming, and even managers could find the time to read it.

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Summary: well written
Review: This book is very well written, the text flows well, making it easy to glance over a topic and still understand it. It is not only a good book for a L2TP beginner, but also a good reference guide for people who are interested in topics that are L2TP-related (VJ compression, Radius, etc.). Another plus, the size and soft binding of the book make it easy to handle.

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Summary: Well-written
Review: This book provides a well-written, easy to understand description of L2TP.

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Summary: Helpful hints
Review: This is an interesting book. It is useful to developers that are writing code. The helpful hints could save you weeks of work and are certainly worth the purchase price of a book.

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Summary: The definitive book on L2TP
Review: This is the definitive book on L2TP, and probably one of the most useful VPN books overall.

The book provides a detailed discussion of the L2TP protocol which will be useful to implementors as well as customers. It includes a discussion of how L2TP can be secured using IPSEC, as well as chapters on management issues, including SNMP MIBs, and interactions with RADIUS authentication, authorization and accounting.

Throughout the book, Rick Shea demonstrates his mastery of the subject as well as authority as a writer. Unlike many other VPN books, Rick Shea has been there and knows what he is talking about.