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IPv6 Extensions for Route Target Distribution
draft-ietf-idr-bgp-ipv6-rt-constrain-02

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft whose latest revision state is "Expired".
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Authors Keyur Patel , Robert Raszuk , Martin Djernaes , Jie Dong , Mach Chen
Last updated 2012-12-14 (Latest revision 2012-06-12)
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Abstract

The current route target distribution specification described in RFC4684 defines Route Target NLRIs of maximum length of 12 bytes. The IPv6 specific Route Target extended community is defined in [RFC5701] as length of 20 bytes. Since the current specification only supports prefixes of maximum length of 12 bytes, the lack of an IPv6 specific Route Target reachability information may be a problem when an operator wants to use this application in a pure IPv6 environment. This document defines an extension that allows BGP to exchange longer length IPv6 Route Target prefixes.

Authors

Keyur Patel
Robert Raszuk
Martin Djernaes
Jie Dong
Mach Chen

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