RFC 9300: The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes the data plane protocol for the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). LISP defines two namespaces: Endpoint Identifiers (EIDs), which identify end hosts; and Routing Locators (RLOCs), which identify network attachment points. With this, LISP effectively separates control from data and allows routers to create overlay networks. LISP-capable routers exchange encapsulated packets according to EID-to-RLOC mappings stored in a local Map-Cache. LISP requires no change to either host protocol stacks or underlay routers and offers Traffic Engineering (TE), multihoming, and mobility, among other features. This document obsoletes RFC 6830.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9300
- Published
- October 2022
- Authors
- D. Farinacci; V. Fuller; D. Meyer; D. Lewis; A. Cabellos
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 33
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 6830
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 6830 (2013)
- RFC 6833 (2013)
- RFC 9300 (2022)
- RFC 9301 (2022) ✓
Read the full history of Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Control Plane →
Related documents
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- RFC 9301Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Control PlaneCurrent
October 2022
- RFC 9299An Architectural Introduction to the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)Current
October 2022
- RFC 9302Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Map-VersioningCurrent
October 2022
- RFC 9303Locator/ID Separation Protocol Security (LISP-SEC)Current
October 2022
- RFC 9304Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP): Shared Extension Message and IANA Registry for Packet Type AllocationsCurrent
October 2022
- RFC 9305Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Generic Protocol ExtensionCurrent
October 2022
- RFC 9294Application-Specific Link Attributes Advertisement Using the Border Gateway Protocol - Link State (BGP-LS)Current
August 2022
- RFC 9306Vendor-Specific LISP Canonical Address Format (LCAF)Current
October 2022
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