{"draft":"draft-ietf-l3vpn-requirements-02","doc_id":"RFC4031","title":"Service Requirements for Layer 3 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPNs)","authors":["M. Carugi, Ed.","D. McDysan, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"50","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks INT","abstract":"This document provides requirements for Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (L3VPNs).  It identifies requirements applicable to a number of individual approaches that a Service Provider may use to provision a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.  This document expresses a service provider perspective, based upon past experience with IP-based service offerings and the ever-evolving needs of the customers of such services.  Toward this end, it first defines terminology and states general requirements.  Detailed requirements are expressed from a customer\r\nperspective as well as that of a service provider.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.","pub_date":"March 2005","keywords":["l3vpn","service provider","vpn"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4031","errata_url":null}