RFC 4659: BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN
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This document describes a method by which a Service Provider may use its packet-switched backbone to provide Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for its IPv6 customers. This method reuses, and extends where necessary, the "BGP/MPLS IP VPN" method for support of IPv6. In BGP/MPLS IP VPN, "Multiprotocol BGP" is used for distributing IPv4 VPN routes over the service provider backbone, and MPLS is used to forward IPv4 VPN packets over the backbone. This document defines an IPv6 VPN address family and describes the corresponding IPv6 VPN route distribution in "Multiprotocol BGP". This document defines support of the IPv6 VPN service over both an IPv4 and an IPv6 backbone, and for using various tunneling techniques over the core, including MPLS, IP-in-IP, Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) and IPsec protected tunnels. The inter-working between an IPv4 site and an IPv6 site is outside the scope of this document. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC4659
- Published
- September 2006
- Authors
- J. De Clercq; D. Ooms; M. Carugi; F. Le Faucheur
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 18
- Also known as
- —
Topics
Related documents
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- RFC 4761Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and SignalingUpdated
January 2007
- RFC 4781Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP with MPLSCurrent
January 2007
- RFC 4687Operations and Management (OAM) Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint MPLS NetworksCurrent
September 2006
- RFC 4717Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) over MPLS NetworksCurrent
December 2006
- RFC 4724Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGPUpdated
January 2007
- RFC 4577OSPF as the Provider/Customer Edge Protocol for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)Current
June 2006
- RFC 4576Using a Link State Advertisement (LSA) Options Bit to Prevent Looping in BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)Current
June 2006
- RFC 4760Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4Updated
January 2007
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