Re: [Pals] [Int-area] L2TP sequencing: Commonly disabled for IP data? Or always?

Derek Fawcus <dfawcus+lists-int-area@employees.org> Wed, 09 June 2021 13:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Pals] [Int-area] L2TP sequencing: Commonly disabled for IP data? Or always?
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On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 03:07:41PM +0200, James Bensley wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 14:05, Giles Heron <giles@layerfree.net> wrote:
> > Re BT specifically (and again my info is outdated and may be mis-remembered) the 20C network used L2TP, and I think it’s an option on 21C for handoff to smaller ISPs.  Should all be in the SINs somewhere?
> 
> I work in the UK ISP sector. I can confirm that L2TP is in wide spread
> use for wholesale services by all major ISPs (except Liberty). I think
> the real question here (unless I've misunderstood) is not "is L2TP
> being used" but "is L2TP being used AND sequencing is being used
> and/or enforced?" - is that understanding correct?

Yes.

DF