Re: iMPLS benefit

[David Meyer <dmm () 1-4-5 net>]

On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 10:02:10AM -0800, Yakov Rekhter wrote:
> > Dave,
> >
> > > Hey Suki,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 02:14:20PM -0800, sonet twister wrote:
> > > > > Hello, 
> > > > >  
> > > > > i heard there is a way to run MPLS for layer3 VPN(2547)
> > > > > service without needing to run label switching in the
> > > > > core(LDP/TDP/RSVP) but straight IP (aka iMPLS). 
> > >
> > >    ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-townsley-l2tpv3-mpls-01.txt
> > >
> > >    See also Mark's talk from the last NANOG
> > >
> > >    http://nanog.org/mtg-0402/townsley.html
> >
> > That requires to run L2TP. An alternative is to run GRE (or even plain
> > IP). The latter (GRE) is implemented by quite a few vendors (and is
> > known to be interoperable among multiple vendors).
> >
> > The spec is draft-ietf-l3vpn-gre-ip-2547-01.txt.

Yep, you are correct. Sorry not to cite that one too.

Dave