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<reference anchor='RFC2685'>

<front>
<title>Virtual Private Networks Identifier</title>
<author initials='B.' surname='Fox' fullname='Barbara A. Fox'>
<organization>Lucent Technologies</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>300 Baker Avenue</street>
<street>Suite 100</street>
<city>Concord</city>
<region>MA</region>
<code>01742-2168</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 978 287 2843</phone>
<email>barbarafox@lucent.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='B.' surname='Gleeson' fullname='Bryan Gleeson'>
<organization>Nortel Networks</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>4500 Great America Parkway</street>
<city>Santa Clara</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>95054</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 408 855 3711</phone>
<email>bgleeson@shastanets.com</email></address></author>
<date month='September' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>Virtual Private IP networks may span multiple Autonomous Systems or Service Providers. There is a requirement for the use of a globally
unique VPN identifier in order to be able to refer to a particular VPN (see section 6.1.1 of). This document proposes a format for a globally unique VPN identifier.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2685' />
</reference>
