RFC 4456

BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP), April 2006

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Status:
DRAFT STANDARD
Obsoletes:
RFC 2796, RFC 1966
Updated by:
RFC 7606
Authors:
T. Bates
E. Chen
R. Chandra
Stream:
IETF
Source:
idr (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4456

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Abstract

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]


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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