A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7665 Title: Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture Author: J. Halpern, Ed., C. Pignataro, Ed. Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: October 2015 Mailbox: jmh@joelhalpern.com, cpignata@cisco.com Pages: 32 Characters: 74825 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-sfc-architecture-11.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7665 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7665 This document describes an architecture for the specification, creation, and ongoing maintenance of Service Function Chains (SFCs) in a network. It includes architectural concepts, principles, and components used in the construction of composite services through deployment of SFCs, with a focus on those to be standardized in the IETF. This document does not propose solutions, protocols, or extensions to existing protocols. This document is a product of the Service Function Chaining 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 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/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