On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Thomas Narten <[email protected]> wrote:

> > overlay/underlay, I was confused, and had to re-read the charter multiple
> > times. In discussing this matter with Adrian, we concluded: "Definitely
> > worth a Comment saying "please pick one term and use it"
>
> Heh. At first reading, this comment didn't make sense to me.
>
> The WG has consistently used the terms overlay and underlay to mean
> different things. NVO3 is about building an *overlay* network over an
> existing *underlay* network. Overlay/underlay are two different terms.
>
> But looking at the charter, it seems we didn't even use "overlay" in
> the charter text itself!
>

That's because I updated it after this email went out - on the telechat -
to  clarify.
If you look at the diff between the two versions of the charter
(
http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url1=http%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fcharter-ietf-nvo3%2Fwithmilestones-01-02.txt&difftype=--html&submit=Go%21&url2=http%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fcharter-ietf-nvo3%2Fwithmilestones-01-03.txt
)
, I changed it from

"environment using an IP-based overlay approach" to "environment that
assumes an IP-based underlay".

Regards,
Alia

Suggestion:
>
> Old:
>
>     The purpose of the NVO3 WG is to develop a set of protocols and/or
>     protocol extensions that enable network virtualization within a
>     data center (DC) environment that assumes an IP-based underlay.
>
> New:
>
>     The purpose of the NVO3 WG is to develop a set of protocols and/or
>     protocol extensions that enable network virtualization USING
>     OVERLAYS within a data center (DC) environment that assumes an
>     IP-based underlay NETWORK.
>
> (Added words captilized to highlight).
>
> > "Such requirements should consider OAM and security"
> > Hopefully LIME will be approved at that same time as this new NVO3
> > charter.
>
> WFM.
>
> Thomas
>
>
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