Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA) moves switching out of the server back to the physical network and makes all virtual machine traffic visible to the external network switch, freeing up ...

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The bottom line is VEPA offers a different architectural approach to virtualization security and just like proprietary solutions VEPA must be evaluated as part of an overall defense-in-depth strategy.