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Generic UDP Encapsulation
draft-ietf-nvo3-gue-05

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (nvo3 WG)
Expired & archived
Authors Tom Herbert , Lucy Yong , Osama Zia
Last updated 2016-10-28
Replaces draft-herbert-gue
Replaced by draft-ietf-intarea-gue
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Abstract

This specification describes Generic UDP Encapsulation (GUE), which is a scheme for using UDP to encapsulate packets of different IP protocols for transport across layer 3 networks. By encapsulating packets in UDP, specialized capabilities in networking hardware for efficient handling of UDP packets can be leveraged. GUE specifies basic encapsulation methods upon which higher level constructs, such tunnels and overlay networks for network virtualization, can be constructed. GUE is extensible by allowing optional data fields as part of the encapsulation, and is generic in that it can encapsulate packets of various IP protocols.

Authors

Tom Herbert
Lucy Yong
Osama Zia

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