{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-bgp-08",
  "doc_id": "RFC4761",
  "title": "Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling",
  "authors": [
    "K. Kompella, Ed.",
    "Y. Rekhter, Ed."
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "28",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks",
  "abstract": "Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), also known as Transparent LAN Service and Virtual Private Switched Network service, is a useful Service Provider offering. The service offers a Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (VPN); however, in the case of VPLS, the customers in the VPN are connected by a multipoint Ethernet LAN, in contrast to the usual Layer 2 VPNs, which are point-to-point in nature.\n\n This document describes the functions required to offer VPLS, a mechanism for signaling a VPLS, and rules for forwarding VPLS frames across a packet switched network. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "January 2007",
  "keywords": [
    "border gateway protocol",
    "transparent lan service",
    "virtual private switched network",
    "service provider"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC5462",
    "RFC8395",
    "RFC8614"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC4761",
  "errata_url": null
}