Re: Questions: WG Review: Network Virtualization Overlays (nvo3) - 23-Apr-2012 update

[Stewart Bryant <[e-mail]>]

On 24/04/2012 21:04, Adrian Farrel wrote:
>
> NVO3 will consider approaches to multi-tenancy that reside at the
> network layer rather than using traditional isolation mechanisms
> I know we have been dancing around this and there is a lot of paranoia. It is
> clear that we mean that no IETF technology will be excluded from consideration a
> priori. This may be sensitive because the PWE3 charter (which had to handle a
> similar question) explicitly called out IP and MPLS. I can't think of a better
> way of saying what the text says other than "network layer" but perhaps, for the
> avoidance of doubt, Stewart could put an email in the archive that says "I
> confirm that the phrase 'network layer' in the context of the NVO3 charter does
> not exclude MPLS." Then (hopefully) we can all move along and do the real work
> :-)

For the avoidance of doubt, in the context of the NVO3 charter, the term
'network layer' does not exclude MPLS.

Stewart