[rfc-dist] RFC 4456 on BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)

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        RFC 4456

        Title:      BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative 
                    to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP) 
        Author:     T. Bates, E. Chen,
                    R. Chandra
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       April 2006
        Mailbox:    tbates at cisco.com, 
                    enkechen at cisco.com, 
                    rchandra at sonoasystems.com
        Pages:      12
        Characters: 23209
        Obsoletes:  RFC2796, RFC1966
        See-Also:   

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-idr-rfc2796bis-02.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4456.txt

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 Autonomous System (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 need for "full mesh" Internal
BGP (IBGP).

This document obsoletes RFC 2796 and RFC 1966.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Inter-Domain Routing
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Draft Standard Protocol.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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