Re: [Pals] STD 84, RFC 8077 on Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)

[Giles Heron <[e-mail]>]

thanks Andy

> On 6 Feb 2017, at 08:52, Andrew G. Malis <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Congratulations to Giles and Luca on their (and our) new Internet Standard!
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
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> Subject: [Pals] STD 84, RFC 8077 on Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
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>         STD 84
>         RFC 8077
> 
>         Title:      Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using
>                     the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
>         Author:     L. Martini, Ed.,
>                     G. Heron, Ed.
>         Status:     Standards Track
>         Stream:     IETF
>         Date:       February 2017
>         Mailbox:    [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>,
>                     [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>         Pages:      35
>         Characters: 80972
>         Obsoletes:  RFC 4447, RFC 6723
>         See Also:   STD 84
> 
>         I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-pals-rfc4447bis-05.txt
> 
>         URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8077 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8077>
> 
>         DOI:        10.17487/RFC8077
> 
> Layer 2 services (such as Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode,
> and Ethernet) can be emulated over an MPLS backbone by
> encapsulating the Layer 2 Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and then
> transmitting them over pseudowires (PWs).  It is also possible to use
> pseudowires to provide low-rate Time-Division Multiplexed and
> Synchronous Optical NETworking circuit emulation over an MPLS-enabled
> network.  This document specifies a protocol for establishing and
> maintaining the pseudowires, using extensions to the Label
> Distribution Protocol (LDP).  Procedures for encapsulating Layer 2
> PDUs are specified in other documents.
> 
> This document is a rewrite of RFC 4447 for publication as an
> Internet Standard.
> 
> This document is a product of the Pseudowire And LDP-enabled Services Working Group of the IETF.
> 
> This is now an Internet Standard.
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