MAC Flush Loop Detection in VPLS
draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-macflush-ld-03
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Expired Internet-Draft
(l2vpn WG)
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| Authors | Paul Kwok , Pranjal Dutta | ||
| Last updated | 2013-10-02 (Latest revision 2013-03-31) | ||
| Replaces | draft-pkwok-l2vpn-vpls-macflush-ld | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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| Additional resources | Mailing list discussion | ||
| Stream | WG state | WG Document | |
| Document shepherd | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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Abstract
MAC Address Withdrawal is a mechanism described in [RFC4762] to remove or unlearn MAC addresses that have been dynamically learned in a VPLS instance, for faster convergence on topology change. Failure of mechanisms that control loop free connectivity among VPLS PE-rs nodes may cause MAC Address Withdrawal messages looping among those nodes, leading to Denial of Service (DoS) or complete failure of control plane in the PE-rs nodes. This document describes a mechanism to detect and prevent loops of MAC Address Withdrawal messages in a VPLS PE-rs node on such failures.
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