A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8459 Title: Hierarchical Service Function Chaining (hSFC) Author: D. Dolson, S. Homma, D. Lopez, M. Boucadair Status: Experimental Stream: IETF Date: September 2018 Mailbox: ddolson@acm.org, homma.shunsuke@lab.ntt.co.jp, diego.r.lopez@telefonica.com, mohamed.boucadair@orange.com Pages: 29 Characters: 58590 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-sfc-hierarchical-11.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8459 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8459 Hierarchical Service Function Chaining (hSFC) is a network architecture allowing an organization to decompose a large-scale network into multiple domains of administration. The goals of hSFC are to make a large-scale network easier to design, simpler to control, and supportive of independent functional groups within large network operators. This document is a product of the Service Function Chaining Working Group of the IETF. EXPERIMENTAL: This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. 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