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IP Tunnels in the Internet Architecture
draft-ietf-intarea-tunnels-07

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft whose latest revision state is "Expired".
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Authors Dr. Joseph D. Touch , Mark Townsley
Last updated 2017-12-10 (Latest revision 2017-06-08)
Replaces draft-touch-intarea-tunnels
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Abstract

This document discusses the role of IP tunnels in the Internet architecture. An IP tunnel transits IP datagrams as payloads in non- link layer protocols. This document explains the relationship of IP tunnels to existing protocol layers and the challenges in supporting IP tunneling, based on the equivalence of tunnels to links. The implications of this document are used to derive recommendations that update MTU and fragment issues in RFC 4459.

Authors

Dr. Joseph D. Touch
Mark Townsley

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