Layer 3 VPN Standards

Layer 3 VPNs are defined in the following RFCs and IETF Internet drafts:

• RFC 1918, Address Allocation for Private Internets
• RFC 2685, Virtual Private Networks Identifier
• RFC 2858, Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP4
• RFC 4364, BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• RFC 4379, Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
• RFC 4659, BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN
• RFC 4684, Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

To access Internet RFCs and drafts, go to the IETF website at http://www.ietf.org.