2.5.10 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (vrrp)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 47th IETF Meeting in Adelaide, Australia. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 03-Feb-00

Chair(s):

Bob Hinden <hinden@iprg.nokia.com>

Routing Area Director(s):

David Oran <oran@cisco.com>
Rob Coltun <rcoltun@siara.com>

Routing Area Advisor:

Rob Coltun <rcoltun@siara.com>

Mailing Lists:

General Discussion:vrrp@drcoffsite.com
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Archive: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf-mail-archive/vrrp/*

Description of Working Group:

The purpose of this working group is to define and develop a standard virtual router redundancy protocol for IPv4 and IPv6. A virtual router redundancy protocol is a protocol which allows several routers on a multiaccess link to utilize the same virtual IP address. One router will be elected as a master with the other routers acting as backups in case of the failure of the master router. The primary motivation to using a virtual router redundancy protocol is that host systems may be configured (manually or via DHCP) with a single default gateway, rather than running an active routing protocol. The protocol should also support the ability to load share traffic when both routers are up.

The goals of this working group are:

1. Define and develop a standard virtual router redundancy protocol for IPv4 and IPv6.

2. Develop VRRP MIB(s).

3. Separate specifications will be developed for IPv4 and IPv6.

4. Determine whether static (configuration based) load sharing is adequate or if some amount of dynamic load sharing is required.

5. Working group will examine security issues to determine what security threats it is appropriate for the VRRP protocol to handle and include the appropriate mechanisms in the VRRP protocol.

6. The internet draft "Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol" will be use as the basis of virtual router redundancy protocol. The working group will also consider other internet drafts related to this topic allowing for issues regarding change control, security, running code, etc.

7. Intellectual property issues regarding the technology to develop a virtual router redundancy protocol will be identified and addressed.

Goals and Milestones:

Jun 97

  

Charter Working Group

Jul 97

  

Issue new Internet Drafts for IPv4 version of the protocol.

Aug 97

  

Issue Internet Draft for IPv6 version of VRRP.

Aug 97

  

Review and finalize IPv4 Internet Drafts.

Aug 97

  

Resolve any intellectual property issues regarding protocol.

Sep 97

  

Submit revised IPv4 Internet Drafts to IESG for proposed standard.

Oct 97

  

Issue VRRP MIB drafts.

Oct 97

  

Issue revised draft for IPv6 version of VRRP.

Dec 97

  

Review and finalize IPv6 Internet Drafts.

Dec 97

  

Finalize MIB draft and submit to IESG.

Jan 98

  

Submit revised IPv6 Internet Drafts to IESG for proposed standard.

Internet-Drafts:

Request For Comments:

RFC

Status

Title

 

RFC2338

PS

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

Current Meeting Report

None received.

Slides

None received.