Re: IP Layer 2 Transport over L2TPv3

At 08:48 9/19/2005 -0400, James Carlson wrote:
>> How about just specifying it as "IP transport over L2TPv3".
>> 
>> Wondering whether we can have a generic "Layer 3 transport over L2TPv3" and 
>> specify transport of all layer 3 protocols (IP, IPX,....) in it including IP.
>
>If it's no longer carrying L2 traffic, should L2TP perhaps be renamed?

I've been asking myself that same question ever since L2TPv3 evolved from
the simple quick update to L2TPv2 that I was told it was going to be to
the monster that it has become.

In hallway conversations, I've started using the term "LxTP" to distinguish
the two -- a term that I'll readily agree is not as sexy as "L2TP" but it
seems to better reflect the extended capabilities of the new protocol
defined in RFC3931.