RFC 1998: An Application of the BGP Community Attribute in Multi-home Routing
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document presents an application of the BGP community attribute [2] in simplifying the implementation and configuration of routing policies in the multi-provider Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1998
- Published
- August 1996
- Authors
- E. Chen; T. Bates
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 9
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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- RFC 1997BGP Communities AttributeUpdated
August 1996
- RFC 1966BGP Route Reflection An alternative to full mesh IBGPObsoleted
June 1996
- RFC 1965Autonomous System Confederations for BGPObsoleted
June 1996
- RFC 1930Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)Updated
March 1996
- RFC 1863A BGP/IDRP Route Server alternative to a full mesh routingObsoleted
October 1995
- RFC 1773Experience with the BGP-4 protocolCurrent
March 1995
- RFC 1745BGP4/IDRP for IP---OSPF InteractionCurrent
December 1994
- RFC 2270Using a Dedicated AS for Sites Homed to a Single ProviderCurrent
January 1998
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