RFC 4577 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2006

OSPF as the Provider/Customer Edge Protocol for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks

Overview

RFC 4577, “OSPF as the Provider/Customer Edge Protocol for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks”, is a Proposed Standard document published in June 2006 by E. Rosen, P. Psenak, P. Pillay-Esnault. It updates RFC 4364. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Many Service Providers offer Virtual Private Network (VPN) services to their customers, using a technique in which customer edge routers (CE routers) are routing peers of provider edge routers (PE routers). The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is used to distribute the customer's routes across the provider's IP backbone network, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is used to tunnel customer packets across the provider's backbone. This is known as a "BGP/MPLS IP VPN". The base specification for BGP/MPLS IP VPNs presumes that the routing protocol on the interface between a PE router and a CE router is BGP. This document extends that specification by allowing the routing protocol on the PE/CE interface to be the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol.

This document updates RFC 4364. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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This RFC updates
RFC 4364
Other RFCs from 2006

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