Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks
RFC 4665, “Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks”, is an Informational document published in September 2006 by W. Augustyn, Y. Serbest. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document provides requirements for Layer 2 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs). It first provides taxonomy and terminology and states generic and general service requirements. It covers point-to-point VPNs, referred to as Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS), as well as multipoint-to-multipoint VPNs, also known as Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS). Detailed requirements are expressed from both a customer as well as a service provider perspectives. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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- RFC 4666 Signaling System 7 Message Transfer Part 3 - User Adaptation Layer
- RFC 4663 Transferring MIB Work from IETF Bridge MIB WG to IEEE 802.1 WG
- RFC 4667 Layer 2 Virtual Private Network Extensions for Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
- RFC 4662 A Session Initiation Protocol Event Notification Extension for Resource Lists
- RFC 4668 RADIUS Authentication Client MIB for IPv6
- RFC 4661 An Extensible Markup Language -Based Format for Event Notification Filtering
- RFC 4669 RADIUS Authentication Server MIB for IPv6