{
  "number": 8171,
  "title": "Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Edge Directory Assistance Mechanisms",
  "authors": [
    "D. Eastlake 3rd",
    "L. Dunbar",
    "R. Perlman",
    "Y. Li"
  ],
  "published": "2017-06",
  "status": "Proposed Standard",
  "stream": "IETF",
  "area": "rtg",
  "working_group": "trill",
  "pages": 55,
  "formats": [
    "TXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "abstract": "This document describes mechanisms for providing directory service to TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) edge switches. The directory information provided can be used in reducing multi-destination traffic, particularly ARP / Neighbor Discovery (ND) and unknown unicast flooding. It can also be used to detect traffic with forged source addresses.",
  "keywords": [
    "Push",
    "Pull",
    "ESADI",
    "ES-IS"
  ],
  "draft": "draft-ietf-trill-directory-assist-mechanisms-12",
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC8171",
  "urls": {
    "html": "https://rfc.dk/rfc8171/",
    "text": "https://rfc.dk/rfc8171.txt",
    "rfc_editor": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8171",
    "datatracker": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8171/"
  },
  "text_modified": "2017-06-20T13:59:01.314658809Z"
}