Protocol Action: BGP communities attribute to Proposed Standard
The IESG <iesg-secretary@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Wed, 19 June 1996 17:52 UTC
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Subject: Protocol Action: BGP communities attribute to Proposed Standard
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "BGP communities attribute" <draft-ietf-idr-communities-00.txt> as a Proposed Standard. The IESG also approved the publication of BGP Community Attribute in Multi-home Routing <draft-ietf-idr-community-usage-00.txt> as an Informational RFC. These documents are the product of the Inter-Domain Routing Working Group. The IESG contact person is Joel Halpern. Technical Summary The new community attribute for BGP provides a mechanism for labelling BGP advertisements with common attributes. The accompanying usage document provides information on one situation where this attribute is useful. Working Group Summary There was no significant dissent in the working group. The group agreed that this appeared to be a useful addition to BGP. Protocol Quality The protocol has been reviewed by the Routing Area Director, Joel M. Halpern, and appears sound. There are at least two independent implementations (cisco and BayNetworks, per the WG Chair). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -