[rfc-dist] RFC 5543 on BGP Traffic Engineering Attribute

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        RFC 5543

        Title:      BGP Traffic Engineering Attribute 
        Author:     H. Ould-Brahim, D. Fedyk,
                    Y. Rekhter
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       May 2009
        Mailbox:    hbrahim at nortel.com, 
                    donald.fedyk at alcatel-lucent.com, 
                    yakov at juniper.com
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 11883
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-softwire-bgp-te-attribute-04.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5543.txt

This document defines a new BGP attribute, the Traffic Engineering
attribute, that enables BGP to carry Traffic Engineering information.

The scope and applicability of this attribute currently excludes its
use for non-VPN reachability information.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Softwires Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the Internet
Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and
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