A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : VPLS External Loop Detection and Protection Requirements Author(s) : Time Warner Cable Filename : draft-boldy-l2vpn-vplsloop-req-01.txt Pages : 6 Date : 2013-03-22 Abstract: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) implementations, as defined in [RFC4761] and [RFC4762], are highly susceptible to layer-2 loops external to the PE customer-facing interface. Such loops impact performance and can have a detrimental affect on all VPLS traffic throughout the entire instance under certain conditions. Current Layer-2 loop detection and protection mechanisms do not function effectively here. This document describes the requirements for a protocol function to offer VPLS service providers a mechanism for detecting such layer-2 loops and facilitating configurable actions without the need for inter-operation with customer network protocols, other VPLS PEs or customer sourced frames. The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-boldy-l2vpn-vplsloop-req There's also a htmlized version available at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-boldy-l2vpn-vplsloop-req-01 A diff from the previous version is available at: http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-boldy-l2vpn-vplsloop-req-01 Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ _______________________________________________ I-D-Announce mailing list I-D-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt