@misc{rfc4761,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    4761,
    howpublished =  {RFC 4761},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC4761},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4761},
    author =    {Yakov Rekhter and Kireeti Kompella},
    title =     {{Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling}},
    pagetotal = 28,
    year =      2007,
    month =     jan,
    abstract =  {Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), also known as Transparent LAN Service and Virtual Private Switched Network service, is a useful Service Provider offering. The service offers a Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (VPN); however, in the case of VPLS, the customers in the VPN are connected by a multipoint Ethernet LAN, in contrast to the usual Layer 2 VPNs, which are point-to-point in nature. This document describes the functions required to offer VPLS, a mechanism for signaling a VPLS, and rules for forwarding VPLS frames across a packet switched network. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}},
}