RFC 1268 (rfc1268) - Page 1 of 13
Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
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Network Working Group Y. Rekhter Request for Comments: 1268 T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corp. Obsoletes: RFC 1164 P. Gross ANS Editors October 1991 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet Status of this Memo This protocol is being developed by the Border Gateway Protocol Working Group (BGP) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document, together with its companion document, "A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-3)", define an inter-autonomous system routing protocol for the Internet. "A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-3)" defines the BGP protocol specification, and this document describes the usage of the BGP in the Internet. Information about the progress of BGP can be monitored and/or reported on the BGP mailing list (iwg@rice.edu). Table of Contents 1. Introduction................................................... 2 2. BGP Topological Model.......................................... 3 3. BGP in the Internet............................................ 4 4. Policy Making with BGP......................................... 5 5. Path Selection with BGP........................................ 6 6. Required set of supported routing policies..................... 8 7. Conclusion..................................................... 9 Appendix A. The Interaction of BGP and an IGP..................... 9 References........................................................ 12 Security Considerations........................................... 12 Authors' Addresses................................................ 13 Acknowledgements This document was original published as RFC 1164 in June 1990, BGP Working Group
