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Abstract:
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a connection-oriented protocol that
has a shared state between active endpoints. Some of this shared state is vital for
operation, but may be volatile in nature, such as packet sequence numbers used on the
L2TP Control Connection. When failure of one side of a control connection occurs, a new
control connection is created and associated with the old connection by exchanging information about the
old connection. Such a mechanism is not intended as a replacement for an active fail
over with some mirrored connection states, but as an aid for those parameters that
are particularly difficult to have immediately available. Protocol extensions to L2TP defined
in this document are intended to facilitate state recovery, providing additional
resiliency in an L2TP network, and improving a remote system's layer 2 connectivity.
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Authors:
Vipin Jain <vipinietf@yahoo.com>
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