RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling

Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), also known as Transparent LAN Service and Virtual Private Switched Network service, is a useful Service Provider offering.…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Normative reference — RFC 4760: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Normative reference — RFC 2385: Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
Normative reference — RFC 4360: BGP Extended Communities Attribute
Normative reference — RFC 4023: Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Normative reference — RFC 4448: Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Informative reference — RFC 4762: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 4456: BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)

Incoming relationships (31 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Updated by — RFC 8395: Extensions to BGP-Signaled Pseudowires to Support Flow-Aware Transport Labels
Updated by — RFC 8614: Updated Processing of Control Flags for BGP Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7432: BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7855: Source Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) Problem Statement and Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9291: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6624: Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7524: Inter-Area Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Segmented Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7041: Extensions to the Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Provider Edge (PE) Model for Provider Backbone Bridging
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7152: Requirements for Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) Support in Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7387: A Framework for Ethernet Tree (E-Tree) Service over a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Network
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7796: Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) Support in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9014: Interconnect Solution for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Overlay Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7257: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Management Information Base
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8029: Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6074: Provisioning, Auto-Discovery, and Signaling in Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7623: Provider Backbone Bridging Combined with Ethernet VPN (PBB-EVPN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8969: A Framework for Automating Service and Network Management with YANG
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9408: A YANG Network Data Model for Service Attachment Points (SAPs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9181: A Common YANG Data Model for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6511: Non-Penultimate Hop Popping Behavior and Out-of-Band Mapping for RSVP-TE Label Switched Paths
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5501: Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7439: Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5283: LDP Extension for Inter-Area Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7814: Virtual Subnet: A BGP/MPLS IP VPN-Based Subnet Extension Solution
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9494: Long-Lived Graceful Restart for BGP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9790: IANA Registry and Processing Recommendations for the First Nibble Following a Label Stack
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8220: Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) over Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9837: The IPv6 VPN Service Destination Option
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9889: A Realization of Network Slices for 5G Networks Using Current IP/MPLS Technologies