RFC 8338 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2018

Signaling Root-Initiated Point-to-Multipoint Pseudowire Using LDP

Overview

RFC 8338, “Signaling Root-Initiated Point-to-Multipoint Pseudowire Using LDP”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2018 by S. Boutros, S. Sivabalan. It updates RFC 7385. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies a mechanism to signal Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Pseudowire (PW) trees using LDP. Such a mechanism is suitable for any Layer 2 VPN service requiring P2MP connectivity over an IP or MPLS-enabled PSN. A P2MP PW established via the proposed mechanism is root initiated. This document updates RFC 7385 by reassigning the reserved value 0xFF to be the wildcard transport tunnel type.

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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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This RFC updates
RFC 7385
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