RFC 8092: BGP Large Communities Attribute
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes the BGP Large Communities attribute, an extension to BGP-4. This attribute provides a mechanism to signal opaque information within separate namespaces to aid in routing management. The attribute is suitable for use with all Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) including four-octet ASNs.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8092
- Published
- February 2017
- Authors
- J. Heitz; J. Snijders; K. Patel; I. Bagdonas; N. Hilliard
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 8
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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June 2017
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September 2017
- RFC 8207BGPsec Operational ConsiderationsCurrent
September 2017
- RFC 7938Use of BGP for Routing in Large-Scale Data CentersCurrent
August 2016
- RFC 7899Multicast VPN State DampingCurrent
June 2016
- RFC 7752North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and Traffic Engineering (TE) Information Using BGPObsoleted
March 2016
- RFC 7705Autonomous System Migration Mechanisms and Their Effects on the BGP AS_PATH AttributeCurrent
November 2015
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