RFC 4031 on Service Requirements for Layer 3 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPNs)

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        RFC 4031

        Title:      Service Requirements for Layer 3
                    Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks
                    (PPVPNs) 
        Authors:    M. Carugi, Ed., D. McDysan, Ed.
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       April 2005
        Mailbox:    marco.carugi@nortel.com, dave.mcdysan@mci.com
        Pages:      50
        Characters: 118568
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-l3vpn-requirements-02.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4031.txt

This document provides requirements for Layer 3 Virtual Private
Networks (L3VPNs).  It identifies requirements applicable to a number
of individual approaches that a Service Provider may use to provision
a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.  This document expresses a
service provider perspective, based upon past experience with IP-based
service offerings and the ever-evolving needs of the customers of such
services.  Toward this end, it first defines terminology and states
general requirements.  Detailed requirements are expressed from a
customer perspective as well as that of a service provider.

This document is a product of the Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks
Working Group of the IETF.

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