{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-l3vpn-requirements-02",
  "doc_id": "RFC4031",
  "title": "Service Requirements for Layer 3 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPNs)",
  "authors": [
    "M. Carugi, Ed.",
    "D. McDysan, Ed."
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "50",
  "pub_status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "source": "Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks",
  "abstract": "This document provides requirements for Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (L3VPNs).  It identifies requirements applicable to a number of individual approaches that a Service Provider may use to provision a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.  This document expresses a service provider perspective, based upon past experience with IP-based service offerings and the ever-evolving needs of the customers of such services.  Toward this end, it first defines terminology and states general requirements.  Detailed requirements are expressed from a customer perspective as well as that of a service provider.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.",
  "pub_date": "April 2005",
  "keywords": [
    "l3vpn",
    "service provider",
    "vpn"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC4031",
  "errata_url": null
}