RFC 7886 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016

Advertising Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Discriminators in the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol Version 3

Overview

RFC 7886, “Advertising Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Discriminators in the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol Version 3”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2016 by V. Govindan, C. Pignataro. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines a new Attribute-Value Pair (AVP) that allows L2TP Control Connection Endpoints (LCCEs) to advertise one or more Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) Discriminator values using the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol version 3 (L2TPv3).

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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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