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RFC 4271, "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", January 2006

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 6286, RFC 6608, RFC 6793, RFC 7606, RFC 7607, RFC 7705, RFC 8212, RFC 8654, RFC 9072

Source of RFC: idr (rtg)

Errata ID: 2838
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Jamie Taylor
Date Reported: 2011-06-16
Verifier Name: Stewart Bryant
Date Verified: 2011-08-02

Section 8.2.2 says:

on page 72, description of the Established state:

If the HoldTimer_Expires event occurs (Event 10), the local system:
 ...[list of actions to take]...

It should say:

If the HoldTimer_Expires event occurs (Event 10), the local system:
 - deletes all routes associated with this connection
 ...[list of actions in original text]...

Notes:

All other transitions from Established to Idle explicitly state that all routes associated with the connection are deleted. This transition should as well.

Errata ID: 1633
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: John Scudder
Date Reported: 2008-12-12
Verifier Name: Stewart Bryant
Date Verified: 2011-08-02

Section 6.3 says:

   If an optional attribute is recognized, then the value of this
   attribute MUST be checked.  If an error is detected, the attribute
   MUST be discarded, and the Error Subcode MUST be set to Optional
   Attribute Error.  The Data field MUST contain the attribute (type,
   length, and value).

It should say:

   If an optional attribute is recognized, then the value of this
   attribute MUST be checked.  If an error is detected, the Error 
   Subcode MUST be set to Optional Attribute Error.  The Data 
   field MUST contain the attribute (type, length, and value).

Notes:

This simply removes the clause "the attribute MUST be discarded", which doesn't make sense since the peering is to be terminated anyway.

Errata ID: 4493
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Bruno Decraene
Date Reported: 2015-10-06
Verifier Name: Alvaro Retana
Date Verified: 2016-07-14

Section 4.5 says:

      Message Header Error subcodes:

               1 - Connection Not Synchronized.
               2 - Bad Message Length.
               3 - Bad Message Type.

      OPEN Message Error subcodes:

               1 - Unsupported Version Number.
               2 - Bad Peer AS.
               3 - Bad BGP Identifier.
               4 - Unsupported Optional Parameter.
               5 - [Deprecated - see Appendix A].
               6 - Unacceptable Hold Time.

      UPDATE Message Error subcodes:

               1 - Malformed Attribute List.
               2 - Unrecognized Well-known Attribute.
               3 - Missing Well-known Attribute.
               4 - Attribute Flags Error.
               5 - Attribute Length Error.
               6 - Invalid ORIGIN Attribute.
               7 - [Deprecated - see Appendix A].
               8 - Invalid NEXT_HOP Attribute.
               9 - Optional Attribute Error.
              10 - Invalid Network Field.
              11 - Malformed AS_PATH.

It should say:

      Message Header Error subcodes:

               0 - Unspecific.
               1 - Connection Not Synchronized.
               2 - Bad Message Length.
               3 - Bad Message Type.

      OPEN Message Error subcodes:

               0 - Unspecific.
               1 - Unsupported Version Number.
               2 - Bad Peer AS.
               3 - Bad BGP Identifier.
               4 - Unsupported Optional Parameter.
               5 - [Deprecated - see Appendix A].
               6 - Unacceptable Hold Time.

      UPDATE Message Error subcodes:

               0 - Unspecific.
               1 - Malformed Attribute List.
               2 - Unrecognized Well-known Attribute.
               3 - Missing Well-known Attribute.
               4 - Attribute Flags Error.
               5 - Attribute Length Error.
               6 - Invalid ORIGIN Attribute.
               7 - [Deprecated - see Appendix A].
               8 - Invalid NEXT_HOP Attribute.
               9 - Optional Attribute Error.
              10 - Invalid Network Field.
              11 - Malformed AS_PATH.

Notes:

RFC 4271 defines a use and a name for Error subcode 0:
- §4.5 (any error code):
If no appropriate Error Subcode is defined, then a zero
(Unspecific) value is used for the Error Subcode field.

- §6.2 (OPEN error code):
If one of the Optional Parameters in the OPEN message is recognized,
but is malformed, then the Error Subcode MUST be set to 0
(Unspecific).

The "IANA Considerations" section would also need to be updated
accordingly (says "0 Reserved”). However, IANA has corrected the
corresponding registry at http://www.iana.org/assignments/bgp-parameters.

Errata ID: 5369
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Eric Osborne
Date Reported: 2018-05-25
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2018-05-25

Section 9.2.2.2 says:

         route MUST have the ORIGIN attribute with the value EGP.  In
         all other cases,, the value of the ORIGIN attribute of the
         aggregated route is IGP.

It should say:

         route MUST have the ORIGIN attribute with the value EGP.  In
         all other cases, the value of the ORIGIN attribute of the
         aggregated route is IGP.

Notes:

Extra comma after 'cases'.

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