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BGP Next Hop Dependent Characteristics Attribute
draft-scudder-idr-nhc-00

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Authors Bruno Decraene , Kireeti Kompella , Serge Krier , SATYA R MOHANTY , John Scudder , Kevin Wang , Bin Wen
Last updated 2025-10-14
Replaced by draft-ietf-idr-nhc
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Abstract

RFC 5492 allows a BGP speaker to advertise its capabilities to its peer. When a route is propagated beyond the immediate peer, it is useful to allow certain characteristics to be conveyed further. In particular, it is useful to advertise forwarding plane features. This specification defines a BGP transitive attribute to carry such information, the "Next Hop Dependent Characteristics Attribute," or NHC. Unlike the capabilities defined by RFC 5492, the characteristics conveyed in the NHC apply solely to the routes advertised by the BGP UPDATE that contains the particular NHC.

Authors

Bruno Decraene
Kireeti Kompella
Serge Krier
SATYA R MOHANTY
John Scudder
Kevin Wang
Bin Wen

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