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RFC 5123: Considerations in Validating the Path in BGP

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This document examines the implications of hop-by-hop forwarding, route aggregation, and route filtering on the concept of validation within a BGP Autonomous System (AS) Path. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC5123
Published
February 2008
Authors
R. White; B. Akyol
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
INDEPENDENT
Area
Pages
16
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