The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-discovery and Signaling' <draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn-07.txt> as an Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2011-09-27. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs) based on Frame Relay or ATM circuits have been around a long time; more recently, Ethernet VPNs, including Virtual Private LAN Service, have become popular. Traditional L2VPNs often required a separate Service Provider infrastructure for each type, and yet another for the Internet and IP VPNs. In addition, L2VPN provisioning was cumbersome. This document presents a new approach to the problem of offering L2VPN services where the L2VPN customer's experience is virtually identical to that offered by traditional Layer 2 VPNs, but such that a Service Provider can maintain a single network for L2VPNs, IP VPNs and the Internet, as well as a common provisioning methodology for all services. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1149/ _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
