RFC 7885 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016

Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection for Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification

Overview

RFC 7885, “Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection for Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2016 by V. Govindan, C. Pignataro. It updates RFC 5885. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines Seamless BFD (S-BFD) for VCCV by extending the procedures and Connectivity Verification (CV) types already defined for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV).

This document updates RFC 5885 by extending the CV Type values and the capability selection.

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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 5885
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