A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8214 Title: Virtual Private Wire Service Support in Ethernet VPN Author: S. Boutros, A. Sajassi, S. Salam, J. Drake, J. Rabadan Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: August 2017 Mailbox: sboutros@vmware.com, sajassi@cisco.com, ssalam@cisco.com, jdrake@juniper.net, jorge.rabadan@nokia.com Pages: 17 Characters: 34563 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-14.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8214 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8214 This document describes how Ethernet VPN (EVPN) can be used to support the Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) in MPLS/IP networks. EVPN accomplishes the following for VPWS: provides Single-Active as well as All-Active multihoming with flow-based load-balancing, eliminates the need for Pseudowire (PW) signaling, and provides fast protection convergence upon node or link failure. This document is a product of the BGP Enabled Services Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC