Subject: [nvo3] Why said L3 "overlay" network

From: Xuxiaohu <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:04:31 +0000

It's good to see such a mailing-list. It would be better to have a associated BoF/WG session at future IETF meetings.

By the way, why said L3 "overlay" network in the following mailing-list purpose description? Why not L2 overlay over L3 network?

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Best regards,
Xiaohu