A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6517 Title: Mandatory Features in a Layer 3 Multicast BGP/MPLS VPN Solution Author: T. Morin, Ed., B. Niven-Jenkins, Ed., Y. Kamite, R. Zhang, N. Leymann, N. Bitar Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: February 2012 Mailbox: thomas.morin@orange.com, ben@niven-jenkins.co.uk, y.kamite@ntt.com, raymond.zhang@alcatel-lucent.com, n.leymann@telekom.de, nabil.n.bitar@verizon.com Pages: 41 Characters: 102395 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-l3vpn-mvpn-considerations-06.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6517.txt More that one set of mechanisms to support multicast in a layer 3 BGP/MPLS VPN has been defined. These are presented in the documents that define them as optional building blocks. 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. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. 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 _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce