File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

J. Heitz, Ed.
J. Snijders, Ed.
K. Patel
I. Bagdonas
N. Hilliard

Stream:

IETF

Source:

idr (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8092

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Abstract

This document describes the BGP Large Communities attribute, an extension to BGP-4. This attribute provides a mechanism to signal opaque information within separate namespaces to aid in routing management. The attribute is suitable for use with all Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) including four-octet ASNs.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.