Virtual Private LAN Service Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
RFC 4761, “Virtual Private LAN Service Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2007 by K. Kompella, Y. Rekhter. It has since been updated by RFC 5462, RFC 8395, RFC 8614. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), also known as Transparent LAN Service and Virtual Private Switched Network service, is a useful Service Provider offering. The service offers a Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (VPN); however, in the case of VPLS, the customers in the VPN are connected by a multipoint Ethernet LAN, in contrast to the usual Layer 2 VPNs, which are point-to-point in nature.
This document describes the functions required to offer VPLS, a mechanism for signaling a VPLS, and rules for forwarding VPLS frames across a packet switched network. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
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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- RFC 4760 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
- RFC 4762 Virtual Private LAN Service Using Label Distribution Protocol Signaling
- RFC 4764 The EAP-PSK Protocol: A Pre-Shared Key Extensible Authentication Protocol Method
- RFC 4765 The Intrusion Detection Message Exchange Format
- RFC 4766 Intrusion Detection Message Exchange Requirements
- RFC 4767 The Intrusion Detection Exchange Protocol
- RFC 4754 IKE and IKEv2 Authentication Using the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
- RFC 4753 ECP Groups For IKE and IKEv2