The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Mandatory Features in a Layer 3 Multicast BGP/MPLS VPN Solution ' <draft-ietf-l3vpn-mvpn-considerations-06.txt> as an Informational RFC This document is the product of the Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Ross Callon and Adrian Farrel. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-l3vpn-mvpn-considerations-06.txt Technical Summary More that one set of mechanisms to support multicast in a layer 3 BGP/MPLS VPN have been defined. These are presented in the documents that define them as optional building blocks (see draft-ietf-l3vpn- 2547bis-mcast and draft-ietf-l3vpn-2547bis-mcast-bgp). To enable interoperability between implementations, this document defines a subset of features that is considered mandatory for a multicast BGP/MPLS VPN implementation. This will help implementers and deployers understand which L3VPN multicast requirements are best satisfied by each option. Working Group Summary Consensus in this working group (L3VPN, as well as PPVPN which preceded it) has always been somewhat rough. There has been very extensive discussion in the WG, and considerable effort has been made to resolve the issues that have come up. There is clear consensus to publish this document as an informational RFC. (see proto writeup by Danny McPherson in the ID Tracker). Document Quality The L3VPN Multicast approaches which were defined in draft-ietf- l3vpn-2547bis-mcast and draft-ietf-l3vpn-2547bis-mcast-bgp and which are discussed in this document have been implemented and widely deployed. This document is written by multiple service providers who have deployed these solutions. The document has been very extensively reviewed by the L3VPN working group and has been carefully updated in response to comments received. Personnel Danny McPherson is the Document Shepherd for this document. Ross Callon is the Responsible Area Director. RFC Editor Note In normative references, "ietf-l3vpn-2547bis-mcast" and "ietf-l3vpn-2547bis-mcast-bgp" are both in the RFC editor's queue, and thus can be updated when the RFCs are published. Please add a normative reference to RFC 4364. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
