RFC 1701 (rfc1701) - Page 2 of 8
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
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RFC 1701 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) October 1994
protocol the delivery protocol. The algorithms for processing this
packet are discussed later.
Overall packet
The entire encapsulated packet would then have the form:
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| Delivery Header |
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| GRE Header |
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| Payload packet |
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Packet header
The GRE packet header has the form:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|C|R|K|S|s|Recur| Flags | Ver | Protocol Type |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Checksum (optional) | Offset (optional) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Key (optional) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sequence Number (optional) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Routing (optional)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Flags and version (2 octets)
The GRE flags are encoded in the first two octets. Bit 0 is the
most significant bit, bit 15 is the least significant bit. Bits
13 through 15 are reserved for the Version field. Bits 5 through
12 are reserved for future use and MUST be transmitted as zero.
Hanks, Li, Farinacci & Traina
