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	Title		: Capabilities Negotiation with BGP-4
	Author(s)	: R. Chandra, J. Scudder
 	Filename	: draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-cap-neg-05.txt
	Pages		: 5
	Date		: 07-Feb-00
	
Currently BGP-4 [BGP-4] requires that when a BGP speaker receives an
OPEN message with one or more unrecognized Optional Parameters, the
speaker must terminate BGP peering. This complicates introduction of
new capabilities in BGP.
This document defines new Optional Parameter, called Capabilities,
that is expected to facilitate introduction of new capabilities in
BGP by providing graceful capability negotiation without requiring
that BGP peering be terminated.

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