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Network Working Group                                            J. Haas
INTERNET DRAFT                                                   NextHop
                                                                S. Hares
                                                                 NextHop
                                                               S. Willis
                                                          Argon Networks
                                                                  J. Chu
                                                                  Cosine
                                                               July 2001



                     Definitions of Managed Objects
       for the Fourth Version of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-4)
                    <draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-07.txt>


Status of this Memo

   This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with
   all provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026.

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Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.








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Abstract

   This memo is an extension to the SNMP MIB.  The origin of this memo
   is from RFC 1269 "Definitions of Managed Objects for the Border
   Gateway Protocol (Version 3)", which was updated to support BGP-4 in
   RFC 1657.  This memo fixes errors introduced when the MIB was
   converted to use the SNMPv2 SMI, as well as updates references to the
   current SNMP framework documents.

   This memo is intended to document deployed implementations of this
   MIB in a historical context, provide clarifications of some items and
   also note errors where the MIB fails to fully represent the BGP
   protocol.  Work is currently in progress to replace this MIB with a
   new one representing the current state of the BGP protocol and its
   extensions.

   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.  Please forward comments to
   idr@merit.net.


1. Introduction

   This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
   for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
   In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing the
   Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 or lower [BGP, BGPAPPL].

2. The SNMP Management Framework

   The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
   components:

     -- An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [RFC2571].

     -- Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
        purpose of management.  The first version of this Structure of
        Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
        STD 16, RFC 1155 [RFC1155], STD 16, RFC 1212 [RFC1212] and RFC
        1215 [RFC1215].  The second version, called SMIv2, is described
        in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and
        STD 58, RFC 2580 [RFC2580].

     -- Message protocols for transferring management information.  The
        first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
        described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [RFC1157].  A second version of
        the SNMP message protocol, which is not an Internet standards
        track protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901
        [RFC1901] and RFC 1906 [RFC1906].  The third version of the


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        message protocol is called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906
        [RFC1906], RFC 2572 [RFC2572] and RFC 2574 [RFC2574].

     -- Protocol operations for accessing management information.  The
        first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
        described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [RFC1157].  A second set of
        protocol operations and associated PDU formats is described in
        RFC 1905 [RFC1905].

     -- A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2573
        [RFC2573] and the view-based access control mechanism described
        in RFC 2575 [RFC2575].

   A more detailed introduction to the current SNMP Management Framework
   can be found in RFC 2570 [RFC2570].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB.  Objects in the MIB are
   defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

   This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2.  A
   MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate
   translations.  The resulting translated MIB must be semantically
   equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no
   translation is possible (use of Counter64).  Some machine readable
   information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in
   SMIv1 during the translation process.  However, this loss of machine
   readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the
   MIB.

3. Overview

   These objects are used to control and manage a BGP-4 implementation.

   Apart from a few system-wide scalar objects, this MIB is broken into
   three tables: the BGP Peer Table, the BGP Received Path Attribute
   Table, and the BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table.  The BGP Peer
   Table contains information about state and current activity of
   connections with the BGP peers.  The Received Path Attribute Table
   contains path attributes received from all peers running BGP version
   3 or less.  The BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table contains path
   attributes received from all BGP-4 peers.  The actual attributes used
   in determining a route are a subset of the received attribute tables
   after local routing policy has been applied.






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4. Definitions

       BGP4-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN


           IMPORTS
               MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE,
               IpAddress, Integer32, Counter32, Gauge32, mib-2
                   FROM SNMPv2-SMI
               MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP, NOTIFICATION-GROUP
                   FROM SNMPv2-CONF;


           bgp MODULE-IDENTITY
               LAST-UPDATED "200106010000Z"
               ORGANIZATION "IETF IDR Working Group"
               CONTACT-INFO "E-mail:  idr@merit.net

                             Jeff Haas  (Editor)
                             517 W. William Street
                             Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943
                             Tel: +1 734 973-2200
                             Fax: +1 734 615-3241
                             E-mail: skh@nexthop.com"

               DESCRIPTION
                       "1) Fixed the definitions of the traps to
                           make them equivalent to their initial
                           definition in RFC 1269.
                        2) Added compliance and conformance info.
                        3) Updated for latest BGP information
                           draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-10.txt for value of
                           bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion, bgp4PathAttrLocalPref,
                           bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref,bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc,
                           bgp4PathAttrASPathSegement.
                        4) Added additional clarification commments where
                           needed.
                        5) Noted where objects do not fully reflect
                           the protocol as Known Issues."
               ::= { mib-2 15 }


           bgpVersion OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (1..255))
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Vector of supported BGP protocol version


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                       numbers.  Each peer negotiates the version
                       from this vector.  Versions are identified
                       via the string of bits contained within this
                       object.  The first octet contains bits 0 to
                       7, the second octet contains bits 8 to 15,
                       and so on, with the most significant bit
                       referring to the lowest bit number in the
                       octet (e.g., the MSB of the first octet
                       refers to bit 0).  If a bit, i, is present
                       and set, then the version (i+1) of the BGP
                       is supported."
               ::= { bgp 1 }


           bgpLocalAs OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The local autonomous system number."
               ::= { bgp 2 }




           -- BGP Peer table.  This table contains, one entry per
           -- BGP peer, information about the BGP peer.


           bgpPeerTable OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF BgpPeerEntry
               MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "BGP peer table.  This table contains,
                       one entry per BGP peer, information about the
                       connections with BGP peers."
               ::= { bgp 3 }


           bgpPeerEntry OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     BgpPeerEntry
               MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Entry containing information about the
                       connection with a BGP peer."
               INDEX { bgpPeerRemoteAddr }


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               ::= { bgpPeerTable 1 }


           BgpPeerEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
                   bgpPeerIdentifier
                       IpAddress,
                   bgpPeerState
                       INTEGER,
                   bgpPeerAdminStatus
                       INTEGER,
                   bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerLocalAddr
                       IpAddress,
                   bgpPeerLocalPort
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerRemoteAddr
                       IpAddress,
                   bgpPeerRemotePort
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerRemoteAs
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerInUpdates
                       Counter32,
                   bgpPeerOutUpdates
                       Counter32,
                   bgpPeerInTotalMessages
                       Counter32,
                   bgpPeerOutTotalMessages
                       Counter32,
                   bgpPeerLastError
                       OCTET STRING,
                   bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions
                       Counter32,
                   bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime
                       Gauge32,
                   bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerHoldTime
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerKeepAlive
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
                       Integer32,


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                   bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
                       Integer32,
                   bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime
                       Gauge32
                   }


           bgpPeerIdentifier OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP Identifier of this entry's BGP peer.
                        This entry should be 0.0.0.0 unless the
                        bgpPeerState is in the openconfirm or the
                        established state."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 1 }


           bgpPeerState OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                                   idle(1),
                                   connect(2),
                                   active(3),
                                   opensent(4),
                                   openconfirm(5),
                                   established(6)
                          }
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP peer connection state."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 2 }


           bgpPeerAdminStatus OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                                   stop(1),
                                   start(2)
                          }
               MAX-ACCESS read-write
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The desired state of the BGP connection.
                       A transition from 'stop' to 'start' will
                       cause the BGP Start Event to be generated.
                       A transition from 'start' to 'stop' will
                       cause the BGP Stop Event to be generated.


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                       This parameter can be used to restart BGP
                       peer connections.  Care should be used in
                       providing write access to this object
                       without adequate authentication."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 3 }


           bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..255)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The negotiated version of BGP running between
                       the two peers."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 4 }


           bgpPeerLocalAddr OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The local IP address of this entry's BGP
                       connection."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 5 }


           bgpPeerLocalPort OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The local port for the TCP connection between
                       the BGP peers."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 6 }


           bgpPeerRemoteAddr OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The remote IP address of this entry's BGP
                       peer."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 7 }


           bgpPeerRemotePort OBJECT-TYPE


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               SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The remote port for the TCP connection
                       between the BGP peers.  Note that the
                       OBJECts bgpPeerLocalAddr,
                       bgpPeerLocalPort, bgpPeerRemoteAddr and
                       bgpPeerRemotePort provide the appropriate
                       reference to the standard MIB TCP
                       connection table."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 8 }



           bgpPeerRemoteAs OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The remote autonomous system number."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 9 }


           bgpPeerInUpdates OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Counter32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The number of BGP UPDATE messages
                       received on this connection.  This object
                       should be initialized to zero (0) when the
                       connection is established."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 10 }


           bgpPeerOutUpdates OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Counter32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The number of BGP UPDATE messages
                       transmitted on this connection.  This
                       object should be initialized to zero (0)
                       when the connection is established."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 11 }




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           bgpPeerInTotalMessages OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Counter32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The total number of messages received
                       from the remote peer on this connection.
                       This object should be initialized to zero
                       when the connection is established."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 12 }


           bgpPeerOutTotalMessages OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Counter32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The total number of messages transmitted to
                       the remote peer on this connection.  This
                       object should be initialized to zero when
                       the connection is established."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 13 }


           bgpPeerLastError OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (2))
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The last error code and subcode seen by this
                       peer on this connection.  If no error has
                       occurred, this field is zero.  Otherwise, the
                       first byte of this two byte OCTET STRING
                       contains the error code, and the second byte
                       contains the subcode."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 14 }


           bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Counter32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The total number of times the BGP FSM
                       transitioned into the established state
                       for this peer."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 15 }



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           bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Gauge32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "This timer indicates how long (in
                       seconds) this peer has been in the
                       Established state or how long
                       since this peer was last in the
                       Established state.  It is set to zero when
                       a new peer is configured or the router is
                       booted."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 16 }


           bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-write
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Time interval in seconds for the
                       ConnectRetry timer.  The suggested value
                       for this timer is 120 seconds."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 17 }


           bgpPeerHoldTime OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32  ( 0 | 3..65535 )
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Time interval in seconds for the Hold
                       Timer established with the peer.  The
                       value of this object is calculated by this
                       BGP speaker by using the smaller of the
                       value in bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured and the
                       Hold Time received in the OPEN message.
                       This value must be at lease three seconds
                       if it is not zero (0) in which case the
                       Hold Timer has not been established with the
                       peer, or, the value of
                       bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured is zero (0)."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 18 }


           bgpPeerKeepAlive OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 ( 0 | 1..21845 )
               MAX-ACCESS read-only


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               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Time interval in seconds for the KeepAlive
                       timer established with the peer.  The value of
                       this object is calculated by this BGP
                       speaker such that, when compared with
                       bgpPeerHoldTime, it has the same
                       proportion as what
                       bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured has when
                       compared with bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured.
                       If the value of this object is zero (0),
                       it indicates that the KeepAlive timer has
                       not been established with the peer, or,
                       the value of bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured is
                       zero (0)."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 19 }


           bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 ( 0 | 3..65535 )
               MAX-ACCESS read-write
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Time interval in seconds for the Hold Time
                       configured for this BGP speaker with this
                       peer.  This value is placed in an OPEN
                       message sent to this peer by this BGP
                       speaker, and is compared with the Hold
                       Time field in an OPEN message received
                       from the peer when determining the Hold
                       Time (bgpPeerHoldTime) with the peer.
                       This value must not be less than three
                       seconds if it is not zero (0) in which
                       case the Hold Time is NOT to be
                       established with the peer.  The suggested
                       value for this timer is 90 seconds."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 20 }


           bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 ( 0 | 1..21845 )
               MAX-ACCESS read-write
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Time interval in seconds for the
                       KeepAlive timer configured for this BGP
                       speaker with this peer.  The value of this
                       object will only determine the


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                       KEEPALIVE messages' frequency relative to
                       the value specified in
                       bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured; the actual
                       time interval for the KEEPALIVE messages is
                       indicated by bgpPeerKeepAlive.  A
                       reasonable maximum value for this timer
                       would be configured to be one
                       third of that of
                       bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured.
                       If the value of this object is zero (0),
                       no periodical KEEPALIVE messages are sent
                       to the peer after the BGP connection has
                       been established.  The suggested value for
                       this timer is 30 seconds."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 21 }


           bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-write
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Time interval in seconds for the
                       MinASOriginationInterval timer.
                       The suggested value for this timer is 15
                       seconds."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 22 }


           bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-write
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Time interval in seconds for the
                       MinRouteAdvertisementInterval timer.
                       The suggested value for this timer is 30
                       seconds."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 23 }


           bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Gauge32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Elapsed time in seconds since the last BGP
                       UPDATE message was received from the peer.


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                       Each time bgpPeerInUpdates is incremented,
                       the value of this object is set to zero
                       (0)."
               ::= { bgpPeerEntry 24 }


           bgpIdentifier OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP Identifier of local system."
               ::= { bgp 4 }


           -- Received Path Attribute Table.  This table contains,
           -- one entry per path to a network, path attributes
           -- received from all peers running BGP version 3 or less.
           -- This table is obsolete, having been replaced in
           -- functionality with the bgp4PathAttrTable.


           bgpRcvdPathAttrTable OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF BgpPathAttrEntry
               MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP Received Path Attribute Table
                       contains information about paths to
                       destination networks received from all
                       peers running BGP version 3 or less."
               ::= { bgp 5 }


           bgpPathAttrEntry OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     BgpPathAttrEntry
               MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Information about a path to a network."
               INDEX { bgpPathAttrDestNetwork,
                       bgpPathAttrPeer        }
               ::= { bgpRcvdPathAttrTable 1 }


           BgpPathAttrEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
               bgpPathAttrPeer
                    IpAddress,


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               bgpPathAttrDestNetwork
                    IpAddress,
               bgpPathAttrOrigin
                    Integer32,
               bgpPathAttrASPath
                    OCTET STRING,
               bgpPathAttrNextHop
                    IpAddress,
               bgpPathAttrInterASMetric
                    Integer32
           }


           bgpPathAttrPeer OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The IP address of the peer where the path
                       information was learned."
               ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 1 }


           bgpPathAttrDestNetwork OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The address of the destination network."
               ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 2 }


           bgpPathAttrOrigin OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                              igp(1),-- networks are interior
                              egp(2),-- networks learned via EGP
                              incomplete(3) -- undetermined
                          }
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                    "The ultimate origin of the path information."
               ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 3 }


           bgpPathAttrASPath OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (2..255))
               MAX-ACCESS read-only


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               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The set of ASs that must be traversed to reach
                       the network.  This object is probably best
                       represented as SEQUENCE OF INTEGER.  For SMI
                       compatibility, though, it is represented as
                       OCTET STRING.  Each AS is represented as a pair
                       of octets according to the following algorithm:

                           first-byte-of-pair = ASNumber / 256;
                           second-byte-of-pair = ASNumber & 255;"
               ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 4 }


           bgpPathAttrNextHop OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The address of the border router that should
                       be used for the destination network."
               ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 5 }


           bgpPathAttrInterASMetric OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The optional inter-AS metric.  If this
                       attribute has not been provided for this route,
                       the value for this object is 0."
               ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 6 }



           -- BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table.  This table
           -- contains, one entry per path to a network, path
           -- attributes received from all peers running BGP-4.


           bgp4PathAttrTable OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF Bgp4PathAttrEntry
               MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table
                       contains information about paths to


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                       destination networks received from all
                       BGP4 peers."
               ::= { bgp 6 }


           bgp4PathAttrEntry OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Bgp4PathAttrEntry
               MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Information about a path to a network."
               INDEX { bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix,
                       bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen,
                       bgp4PathAttrPeer            }
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrTable 1 }


           Bgp4PathAttrEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
               bgp4PathAttrPeer
                    IpAddress,
               bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen
                    Integer32,
               bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix
                    IpAddress,
               bgp4PathAttrOrigin
                    INTEGER,
               bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment
                    OCTET STRING,
               bgp4PathAttrNextHop
                    IpAddress,
               bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc
                    Integer32,
               bgp4PathAttrLocalPref
                    Integer32,
               bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate
                    INTEGER,
               bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS
                    Integer32,
               bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr
                    IpAddress,
               bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref
                    Integer32,
               bgp4PathAttrBest
                    INTEGER,
               bgp4PathAttrUnknown
                    OCTET STRING
           }



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           bgp4PathAttrPeer OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The IP address of the peer where the path
                       information was learned."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 1 }


           bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..32)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Length in bits of the IP address prefix in
                       the Network Layer Reachability
                       Information field."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 2 }


           bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "An IP address prefix in the Network Layer
                       Reachability Information field.  This object
                       is an IP address containing the prefix with
                       length specified by
                       bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen.
                       Any bits beyond the length specified by
                       bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen are zeroed."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 3 }


           bgp4PathAttrOrigin OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                                    igp(1),-- networks are interior
                                    egp(2),-- networks learned
                                           -- via EGP
                                    incomplete(3) -- undetermined
                                  }
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The ultimate origin of the path
                       information."


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               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 4 }


           bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (2..255))
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The sequence of AS path segments.  Each AS
                       path segment is represented by a triple
                       <type, length, value>.

                       The type is a 1-octet field which has two
                       possible values:
                            1      AS_SET: unordered set of ASs a
                                        route in the UPDATE message
                                        has traversed

                            2      AS_SEQUENCE: ordered set of ASs
                                        a route in the UPDATE message
                                        has traversed.

                       The length is a 1-octet field containing the
                       number of ASs in the value field.

                       The value field contains one or more AS
                       numbers, each AS is represented in the octet
                       string as a pair of octets according to the
                       following algorithm:

                           first-byte-of-pair = ASNumber / 256;
                           second-byte-of-pair = ASNumber & 255;

                       Known Issues:
                       o BGP Confederations will result in
                         a type of value of either 3 or 4.
                       o An AS Path may be longer than 255 octets.
                         This may result in this object containing
                         a truncated AS Path."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 5 }


           bgp4PathAttrNextHop OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The address of the border router that


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                       should be used for the destination
                       network.  This address is the nexthop
                       address received in the UPDATE packet."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 6 }


           bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (-1..2147483647)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "This metric is used to discriminate
                       between multiple exit points to an
                       adjacent autonomous system.  A value of -1
                       indicates the absence of this attribute.

                       Known Issues:
                       o The BGP-4 specification uses an
                         unsigned 32 bit number and thus this
                         object cannot represent the full
                         range of the protocol."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 7 }


           bgp4PathAttrLocalPref OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (-1..2147483647)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The originating BGP4 speaker's degree of
                       preference for an advertised route.  A
                       value of -1 indicates the absence of this
                       attribute.

                       Known Issues:
                       o The BGP-4 specification uses an
                         unsigned 32 bit number and thus this
                         object cannot represent the full
                         range of the protocol."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 8 }


           bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                              lessSpecificRouteNotSelected(1),
                              lessSpecificRouteSelected(2)
                          }
               MAX-ACCESS read-only


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               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Whether or not a system has selected
                       a less specific route without
                       selecting a more specific route."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 9 }


           bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The AS number of the last BGP4 speaker that
                       performed route aggregation.  A value of
                       zero (0) indicates the absence of this
                       attribute."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 10 }


           bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The IP address of the last BGP4 speaker
                       that performed route aggregation.  A
                       value of 0.0.0.0 indicates the absence
                       of this attribute.

                       Note propagation of AS of zero is illegal in
                       the Internet."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 11 }


           bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     Integer32 (-1..2147483647)
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The degree of preference calculated by the
                       receiving BGP4 speaker for an advertised
                       route.  A value of -1 indicates the
                       absence of this attribute.

                       Known Issues:
                       o The BGP-4 specification uses an
                         unsigned 32 bit number and thus this


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                         object cannot represent the full
                         range of the protocol."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 12 }


           bgp4PathAttrBest OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                              false(1),-- not chosen as best route
                              true(2) -- chosen as best route
                          }
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "An indication of whether or not this route
                       was chosen as the best BGP4 route."
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 13 }


           bgp4PathAttrUnknown OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
               MAX-ACCESS read-only
               STATUS     current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "One or more path attributes not understood
                        by the base BGP-4 document.

                        Path attributes are recorded in the Update
                        Path attribute format of type, length, value.
                        Size zero (0) indicates the absence of such
                        attribute(s).  Octets beyond the maximum size,
                        if any, are not recorded by this object. "
               ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 14 }


           -- Traps.


           -- note that in RFC 1657, bgpTraps was incorrectly
           -- assigned a value of { bgp 7 }, and each of the
           -- traps had the bgpPeerRemoteAddr object inappropriately
           -- removed from their OBJECTS clause.  The following
           -- definitions restore the semantics of the traps as
           -- they were initially defined in RFC 1269.


           bgpNotification OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { bgp 0 }




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           bgpEstablishedNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE
               OBJECTS { bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                         bgpPeerLastError,
                         bgpPeerState      }
               STATUS  current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP Established event is generated when
                       the BGP FSM enters the ESTABLISHED state.

                       This object obsoletes bgpEstablished."
               ::= { bgpNotification 1 }


           bgpBackwardTransNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE
               OBJECTS { bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                         bgpPeerLastError,
                         bgpPeerState      }
               STATUS  current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP Backward Transition Event is generated
                       when the BGP FSM moves from a higher numbered
                       state to a lower numbered state.

                       This object obsoletes bgpBackwardTransition."
               ::= { bgpNotification 2 }



           -- { bgp 7 } is obsoleted

           bgpTraps          OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { bgp 7 }


           bgpEstablished NOTIFICATION-TYPE
               OBJECTS { bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                         bgpPeerLastError,
                         bgpPeerState      }
               STATUS  obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGP Established event is generated when
                       the BGP FSM enters the ESTABLISHED state.

                       This object has been obsoleted in favor of
                       bgpEstablishedNotification."
               ::= { bgpTraps 1 }


           bgpBackwardTransition NOTIFICATION-TYPE


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               OBJECTS { bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                         bgpPeerLastError,
                         bgpPeerState      }
               STATUS  obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The BGPBackwardTransition Event is generated
                       when the BGP FSM moves from a higher numbered
                       state to a lower numbered state.

                       This object has been obsoleted in favor of
                       bgpBackwardTransitionNotification."
               ::= { bgpTraps 2 }


           -- conformance information


           bgpMIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER
               ::= { bgp 8 }
           bgpMIBCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER
               ::= { bgpMIBConformance 1 }
           bgpMIBGroups      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
               ::= { bgpMIBConformance 2 }


           -- compliance statements


           bgpMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
               STATUS  current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "The compliance statement for entities which
                        implement the BGP4 mib."
               MODULE  -- this module
                   MANDATORY-GROUPS { bgp4MIBGlobalsGroup,
                                      bgp4MIBPeerGroup,
                                      bgp4MIBPathAttrGroup,
                                      bgp4MIBNotificationGroup,
                                      bgp4MIBNewNotificationGroup }
               ::= { bgpMIBCompliances 1 }


           -- units of conformance


           bgp4MIBGlobalsGroup OBJECT-GROUP
               OBJECTS { bgpVersion,
                         bgpLocalAs,


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                         bgpIdentifier }
               STATUS  current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "A collection of objects providing
                       information on global BGP state."
               ::= { bgpMIBGroups 1 }


           bgp4MIBPeerGroup OBJECT-GROUP
               OBJECTS { bgpPeerIdentifier,
                         bgpPeerState,
                         bgpPeerAdminStatus,
                         bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion,
                         bgpPeerLocalAddr,
                         bgpPeerLocalPort,
                         bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                         bgpPeerRemotePort,
                         bgpPeerRemoteAs,
                         bgpPeerInUpdates,
                         bgpPeerOutUpdates,
                         bgpPeerInTotalMessages,
                         bgpPeerOutTotalMessages,
                         bgpPeerLastError,
                         bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions,
                         bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime,
                         bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval,
                         bgpPeerHoldTime,
                         bgpPeerKeepAlive,
                         bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured,
                         bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured,
                         bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval,
                         bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval,
                         bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime }
               STATUS  current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "A collection of objects for managing
                        BGP peers."
               ::= { bgpMIBGroups 2 }


           bgp4MIBRcvdPathAttrGroup OBJECT-GROUP
               OBJECTS { bgpPathAttrPeer,
                         bgpPathAttrDestNetwork,
                         bgpPathAttrOrigin,
                         bgpPathAttrASPath,
                         bgpPathAttrNextHop,
                         bgpPathAttrInterASMetric }
               STATUS  obsolete


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               DESCRIPTION
                       "A collection of objects for managing BGP
                        path entries.


                        This conformance group is obsolete,
                        replaced by bgp4MIBPathAttrGroup."
               ::= { bgpMIBGroups 3 }


           bgp4MIBPathAttrGroup OBJECT-GROUP
               OBJECTS { bgp4PathAttrPeer,
                         bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen,
                         bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix,
                         bgp4PathAttrOrigin,
                         bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment,
                         bgp4PathAttrNextHop,
                         bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc,
                         bgp4PathAttrLocalPref,
                         bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate,
                         bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS,
                         bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr,
                         bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref,
                         bgp4PathAttrBest,
                         bgp4PathAttrUnknown }
               STATUS  current
               DESCRIPTION
                       "A collection of objects for managing
                        BGP path entries."
               ::= { bgpMIBGroups 4 }


           bgp4MIBNotificationGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
               NOTIFICATIONS { bgpEstablished,
                               bgpBackwardTransition }
               STATUS  obsolete
               DESCRIPTION
                       "A collection of notifications for signaling
                       changes in BGP peer relationships.

                       Obsoleted by bgp4MIBNewNotificationGroup."
               ::= { bgpMIBGroups 5 }


           bgp4MIBNewNotificationGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
               NOTIFICATIONS { bgpEstablishedNotification,
                               bgpBackwardTransNotification }
               STATUS  current


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               DESCRIPTION
                       "A collection of notifications for signaling
                       changes in BGP peer relationships.

                       Obsoletes bgp4MIBNotificationGroup."
               ::= { bgpMIBGroups 6 }


       END

5. Intellectual Property

   The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
   intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
   pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
   this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
   might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
   has made any effort to identify any such rights.  Information on the
   IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and
   standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11.  Copies of
   claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of
   licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to
   obtain a general license or permission for the use of such
   proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can
   be obtained from the IETF Secretariat.

6. Acknowledgements

   We would like to acknowledge the assistance of all the members of the
   Inter-Domain Routing Working Group, and particularly the following
   individuals:

   Yakov Rekhter, Juniper Networks
   Rob Coltun, Redback
   Guy Almes, Internet2
   Jeff Honig, BSDi
   Marshall T. Rose, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
   Dennis Ferguson, Juniper Networks
   Mike Mathis, PSC
   John Krawczyk, Bay Networks
   Curtis Villamizar, Avici
   Dave LeRoy, Pencom Systems
   Paul Traina, Juniper Networks
   Andrew Partan, MFN
   Robert Snyder, cisco Systems
   Dimitry Haskin, Nortel
   Peder Chr Norgaard, Telebit Communications A/S
   Joel Halpern, CTO Longitude Systems, Inc.


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   Nick Thille, RedBack Networks
   Bert Wijnen, Lucent
   Shane Wright, NextHop
   Mike McFadden, Riverstone Networks, Inc.
   Jon Saperia, JDS Consulting, Inc.
   Wayne Tackabury, Gold Wire Technology, Inc
   Bill Fenner, AT&T Research

   The origin of this document is from RFC 1269 "Definitions of Managed
   Objects for the Border Gateway Protocol (Version 3)" written by Steve
   Willis and John Burruss, which was updated by John Chu to support
   BGP-4 in RFC 1657.  The editors wish to acknowledge the fine work of
   these original authors.





































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7. References

[BGP4]      Rekhter, Y., Li, T., "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC
            1771, March 1995.


[BGP4APP]   Rekhter, Y., Gross, P., "Application of the Border Gateway
            Protocol in the Internet", RFC 1772, March 1995.


[RFC2571]   Harrington, D., Presuhn, R., and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture
            for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2571, April
            1999.

[RFC1155]   Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification
            of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets", STD
            16, RFC 1155, May 1990.

[RFC1212]   Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", STD
            16, RFC 1212, March 1991.

[RFC1215]   M. Rose, "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the
            SNMP", RFC 1215, March 1991.

[RFC2578]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
            Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management
            Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April
            1999.

[RFC2579]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
            Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for
            SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999.

[RFC2580]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
            Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for
            SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580, April 1999.

[RFC1157]   Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, "Simple
            Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC 1157, May 1990.

[RFC1901]   Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
            "Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC 1901, January
            1996.

[RFC1906]   Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
            "Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
            Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1906, January 1996.



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[RFC2572]   Case, J., Harrington D., Presuhn R., and B. Wijnen, "Message
            Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
            Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2572, April 1999.

[RFC2574]   Blumenthal, U., and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model
            (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management
            Protocol (SNMPv3)", RFC 2574, April 1999.

[RFC1905]   Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S. Waldbusser,
            "Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network
            Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1905, January 1996.

[RFC2573]   Levi, D., Meyer, P., and B. Stewart, "SNMPv3 Applications",
            RFC 2573, April 1999.

[RFC2575]   Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R., and K. McCloghrie, "View-based
            Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network
            Management Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2575, April 1999.

[RFC2570]   Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart,
            "Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network
            Management Framework", RFC 2570, April 1999.




























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8. Security Considerations

   There are a number of management objects defined in this MIB that
   have a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write:

      bgpPeerAdminStatus
      bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
      bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
      bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
      bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
      bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval

   These objects should be considered sensitive or vulnerable in most
   network environments.  The support for SET operations in a non-secure
   environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on
   network operations.  Incorrect configuration of these parameters may
   cause BGP peer connections to terminate early or to send more routes
   under a flapping condition.

   There are a number of managed objects in this MIB that may be
   considered to contain sensitive information in the operation of a
   network.  For example, a BGP peer's local and remote addresses may be
   sensitive for ISPs who want to keep interface addresses on routers
   confidential to prevent router addresses used for a denial of service
   attack or spoofing.

   Therefore, it may be important in some environments to control read
   access to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of
   these object when sending them over the network via SNMP.  Not all
   versions of SNMP provide features for such a secure environment.

   SNMPv1 by itself is not a secure environment.  Even if the network
   itself is secure (for example by using IPSec), even then, there is no
   control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and
   GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB.

   It is recommended that the implementers consider the security
   features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework.  Specifically, the use
   of the User-based Security Model RFC 2274 [14] and the View-based
   Access Control Model RFC 2275 [17] is recommended.

   It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP
   entity giving access to an instance of this MIB, is properly
   configured to give access to the objects only to those principals
   (users) that have legitimate rights to indeed GET or SET
   (change/create/delete) them.




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9. Authors' Address

   Jeff Haas
   NextHop Technologies
   517 Williams
   Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943
   Phone: +1 734 973-2200
   Fax:   +1 734 615-3241
   Email: jhaas@nexthop.com

   Jeff Johnson
   RedBack Networks, Inc.
   1389 Moffett Park Drive
   Sunnyvale, CA  94089
   Phone: +1 408 548 3516
   Email: jeff@redback.com

   Steve Willis
   Argon Networks
   25 Porter Road
   Littleton, MA 01450
   Phone: +1 508 486 0665
   Fax:   +1 508 486 9379
   Email: swills@argon.com

   John Burruss
   Windata Inc.
   543 Great Road
   Littleton MA 01460
   Phone: +1 508 952 0170
   Email: jburruss@windata.com

   John Chu
   Cosine Communications
   1200 Bridge Parkway
   Redwood City, CA 94065
   Phone: 650-637-4780
   Email: jchu@cosinecom.com

10. Full Copyright Statement

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

   This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
   others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
   or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published
   and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any
   kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are


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   included on all such copies and derivative works.  However, this
   document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing
   the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other
   Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of
   developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for
   copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be
   followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than
   English.

   The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
   revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns.

   This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
   "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING
   TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
   BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION
   HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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