Re: Helpful BGP Feature

[Paul Ferguson <[e-mail]>]

How does this differ from a current implementation where
explicit neighbors are defined (which already accomodates
each of your points below)?

- paul

At 12:36 PM 2/3/97 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

>It may be helpful to add a feature to allow for Directed Route
>announcements. The originator of a BGP Route, for example, could
>specify in an optional attribute, the desired recipient(s) of the
>Route Advertisement e.g.listing the AS numbers or IP addresses of
>the Networks or even the specific gateways that should receive
>the Route Advertisement.
>
>This would allow for capabilities including:
>
>Creating Virtual Private Networks. Controlling access to a
>destination.
>
>Limiting where Route advertisements are propogated. Not all
>destinations need or want to be in all the Global Routing tables.
>Avoiding the need to get Network Service Providers to place
>complex policy statements on their Routers - which may not
>have the desired granularity anyway.
>
>Avoiding having to wait for Service Providers to enter the policy
>changes,which sometimes can only occur during monthly
>change windows.
>Thanks, Ed Segal [e-mail] 914 784-3259
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