Keyed IPv6 Tunnel
RFC 8159, “Keyed IPv6 Tunnel”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2017 by M. Konstantynowicz, G. Heron, R. Schatzmayr, W. Henderickx. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a tunnel encapsulation for Ethernet over IPv6 with a mandatory 64-bit cookie for connecting Layer 2 (L2) Ethernet attachment circuits identified by IPv6 addresses. The encapsulation is based on the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3) over IP and does not use the L2TPv3 control plane.
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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