Technical Summary
This document defines a new BGP opaque extended community to carry
the origination AS validation state inside an autonomous system.
IBGP speakers that receive this validation state can configure local
policies allowing it to influence their decision process.
Working Group Summary
This document has had consistent interest from the working group.
Because it defines a new BGP community, it was reviewed by the idr
working group as well.
Document Quality
The document has been implemented by major router vendors.
It is known to be in use in two large IXPs, AMS-IX and DE-CIX.
Personnel
Document Shepherd: Sandra Murphy
Responsible Area Director: Alvaro Retana