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RFC 5575: Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8955.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 8955 — Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules

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

This document defines a new Border Gateway Protocol Network Layer Reachability Information (BGP NLRI) encoding format that can be used to distribute traffic flow specifications. This allows the routing system to propagate information regarding more specific components of the traffic aggregate defined by an IP destination prefix. Additionally, it defines two applications of that encoding format: one that can be used to automate inter-domain coordination of traffic filtering, such as what is required in order to mitigate (distributed) denial-of-service attacks, and a second application to provide traffic filtering in the context of a BGP/MPLS VPN service. The information is carried via the BGP, thereby reusing protocol algorithms, operational experience, and administrative processes such as inter-provider peering agreements. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC5575
Published
August 2009
Authors
P. Marques; N. Sheth; R. Raszuk; B. Greene; J. Mauch; D. McPherson
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
22
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 8955
Updated by:
RFC 7674

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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 5575 (2009)
  2. RFC 7674 (2015)
  3. RFC 8955 (2020) ✓

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