{"draft":"draft-ietf-sfc-nsh-28","doc_id":"RFC8300","title":"Network Service Header (NSH)","authors":["P. Quinn, Ed.","U. Elzur, Ed.","C. Pignataro, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"40","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Service Function Chaining","abstract":"This document describes a Network Service Header (NSH) imposed on\r\npackets or frames to realize Service Function Paths (SFPs).  The NSH\r\nalso provides a mechanism for metadata exchange along the\r\ninstantiated service paths.  The NSH is the Service Function Chaining\r\n(SFC) encapsulation required to support the SFC architecture (defined\r\nin RFC 7665).","pub_date":"January 2018","keywords":["Service Function Chaining","Network Service Header","SFC","NSH","Network Service Function"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC9451"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC8300","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc8300"}