RFC 4045 on Extensions to Support Efficient Carrying of Multicast Traffic in Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)

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        RFC 4045

        Title:      Extensions to Support Efficient Carrying of
                    Multicast Traffic in Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol
                    (L2TP)
        Author(s):  G. Bourdon
        Status:     Experimental
        Date:       April 2005
        Mailbox:    gilles.bourdon@francetelecom.com
        Pages:      28
        Characters: 59140
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-l2tpext-mcast-05.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4045.txt

The Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) provides a method for
tunneling PPP packets.  This document describes an extension to L2TP,
to make efficient use of L2TP tunnels within the context of deploying
multicast services whose data will have to be conveyed by these
tunnels.

This document is a product of the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
Extensions Working Group of the IETF.

This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Discussion and
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