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BGP Advisory Message
draft-scholl-idr-advisory-00

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Authors Tom Scholl , John Scudder
Last updated 2010-04-08 (Latest revision 2009-03-04)
Replaced by draft-ietf-idr-advisory
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IESG IESG state Replaced by draft-ietf-idr-advisory
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft is available in these formats:

Abstract

The BGP routing protocol is used with external as well as internal neighbors to propagate route advertisements. In the case of external BGP sessions, there is typically a demarcation of administrative responsibility between the two entities. Provisioning, maintenance and administrative actions are communicated via off-line methods such as email or telephone calls. While these methods have been used for many years, it can be troublesome for an operator to correlate a BGP- related event in the network with a notice that was transmitted in email. This document proposes a new BGP message type, the Advisory message, which can be used to convey advisory information to a BGP speaker's peer. A capability is used to ensure that the recipient of the Advisory message is capable of supporting it.

Authors

Tom Scholl
John Scudder

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