Updates to EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast Procedures
RFC 9572, “Updates to EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast Procedures”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2024 by Z. Zhang, W. Lin, J. Rabadan, K. Patel, A. Sajassi. It updates RFC 7432. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies updated procedures for handling Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) traffic in Ethernet VPNs (EVPNs), including selective multicast and segmentation of provider tunnels. This document updates RFC 7432.
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 9570 Deprecating the Use of Router Alert in LSP Ping
- RFC 9574 Optimized Ingress Replication Solution for Ethernet VPNs
- RFC 9569 The Application-Layer Traffic Optimization Transport Information Publication Service
- RFC 9575 DRIP Entity Tag Authentication Formats and Protocols for Broadcast Remote Identification
- RFC 9568 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6
- RFC 9576 The Privacy Pass Architecture