@techreport{halpern-forces-lfblibrary-vpn-00,
    number =    {draft-halpern-forces-lfblibrary-vpn-00},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-halpern-forces-lfblibrary-vpn/00/},
    author =    {Joel M. Halpern and Huanyuan Ma},
    title =     {{A VPN Library for use with the ForCES Protocol and Model}},
    pagetotal = 13,
    year =      2007,
    month =     jan,
    day =       18,
    abstract =  {The forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) protocol defines a standard communication and control mechanism through which a Control Element (CE) can control the behavior of a Forwarding Element (FE). That control is accomplished through manipulating attributes of Logical Function Blocks (LFBs), whose structure is defined in a model RFC produced by the working group. In order to build an actual solution based on this protocol, defining a set of Logical Function Block definitions that can be instantiated by FEs and controlled by CEs is welcome. A base library definition of LFBs is already given in library {[}5{]}. VPN (Virtual Private Network) services, as a kind of important services widely employed in Internet, will certainly be implemented in routers using this protocol. This document provides an initial set of VPN LFB definitions in particular, a set of tunnel encapsulator and decapsulator LFBs. It is anticipated that additional VPN-related LFB definitions like L2VPN, L3VPN can be defined over time.},
}