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Shepherd writeup
draft-davie-stt

ISE write-up for: draft-davie-stt-08

Abstract:
  "Network Virtualization places unique requirements on tunneling
   protocols.  This draft describes STT (Stateless Transport Tunneling),
   a tunnel encapsulation that enables overlay networks to be built in
   virtualized networks.  STT is particularly useful when some tunnel
   endpoints are in end-systems, as it utilizes the capabilities of the
   network interface card to improve performance.  This draft documents
   the protocol and the rationale for its design, and highlights issues
   that may arise in deployments."

The protocol spec for this technique has been available for several
years in I-D form, Jesse Gross (one of the authors) tells me it has
at least three independent implementations.

It was reviewed for me by Matthew Bocci, Erik Nordmark, Michael Orr
and Aibing Zhou; its author has made the changes discussed between them.

This draft has no IANA Considerations.

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