[c-nsp] draft-ietf-l3vpn-rfc2547bis-03.txt

Marko Milivojevic markom at PanGalactic.net
Mon Jan 2 04:30:14 EST 2006


	No, it means that if the interface does not have VRF association it doesn't 
drop the packet, but rather forwards it using default routing table.  Ie. 
behaves like pre-VPN PE.

Marko.

Kim Onnel wrote:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-l3vpn-rfc2547bis-03.txt
> 
> I was reading the RFC and i stopped at the below part:
> 
> If i understand correctly, this means that if a packet from CE doesnt find a
> route in its VRF, its not dropped ?
> 
> 3.1. VRFs and Attachment Circuits
> 
> If an IP packet arrives over an attachment circuit which is not
>    associated with any VRF, the packet's destination address is looked up
>    in the default forwarding table, and the packet is routed
>    accordingly.  Packets forwarded according to the default forwarding
>    table include packets from neighboring P or PE routers, as well as
>    packets from customer-facing attachment circuits that have not been
>    associated with VRFs.
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