I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idr-rfc2796bis-01.txt

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	Title		: BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP
	Author(s)	: T. Bates, et al. 
	Filename	: draft-ietf-idr-rfc2796bis-01.txt
	Pages		: 12
	Date		: 2004-5-12

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an inter-autonomous system
   routing protocol designed for TCP/IP internets. Typically all BGP
   speakers within a single AS must be fully meshed so that any external
   routing information must be re-distributed to all other routers
   within that AS. This represents a serious scaling problem that has
   been well documented with several alternatives proposed.

   This document describes the use and design of a method known as
   "Route Reflection" to alleviate the the need for "full mesh" IBGP.

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