BGP Communities for Data Collection

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Best Practice
Pages: 12
Abstract: BGP communities (RFC 1997) are used by service providers for many purposes, including tagging of customer, peer, and geographically originated routes. Such tagging is typically used to control the scope of redistribution of routes within a provider's network and to its peers and customers. With the advent of large-scale BGP data collection (and associated research), it has become clear that the information carried in such communities is essential for a deeper understanding of the global routing system. This memo defines standard (outbound) communities and their encodings for export to BGP route collectors. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Publication Date: 2006-02-01
Status Note: Best Current Practice
DOI: 10.17487/RFC4384
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4384
Author(s): David Meyer
Keyword(s): BGP

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ISO 3166 [Withdrawn]
IETF RFC 1771 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 1997 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4360 [Active*]

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Kompella, K., et al., "Virtual Private LAN Service" , Work in Progress, April 2005. EXTERNAL
Huston, G., "Interconnection, Peering, and Settlements", http://www.isoc.org/inet99/proceedings/1e/1e_1.htm EXTERNAL
Wang, F. and L. Gao, "Inferring and Characterizing Internet Routing Policies", ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference 2003. EXTERNAL
"The RIPE Routing Information Service", Web Page: http://www.ripe.net/ris , 2004. EXTERNAL
Meyer, D., "The Routeviews Project", Web Page: http://www.routeviews.org , 2002. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2434 [Superseded*]
RFC3258 — RFC3258 EXTERNAL

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IETF RFC 6183 [Active*]