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RFC 5492: Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4

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In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document defines an Optional Parameter, called Capabilities, that is expected to facilitate the introduction of new capabilities in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) by providing graceful capability advertisement without requiring that BGP peering be terminated. This document obsoletes RFC 3392. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC5492
Published
February 2009
Authors
J. Scudder; R. Chandra
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
7
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 3392
Updated by:
RFC 8810

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2842 (2000)
  2. RFC 3392 (2002)
  3. RFC 5492 (2009)

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