[ovs-discuss] openflow protocol

[Justin Pettit]

You are correct that OpenFlow defines flow table entries that describe layers 2, 3, and 4.  You are also correct that the OpenFlow protocol is carried in TCP/SSL, but that is completely independent of the behavior that it is describing of the flow table.

--Justin


On Jan 27, 2013, at 9:41 PM, selen jia <selen764 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> Openflow is named as layer 2 protocol everywhere but as per my knowledge it works on l2 l3 and l4 fields and uses ssl or tls session which is on layer 4.
> 
> Can someone clear my doubts plzzz.
> 
> selen
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