Border Gateway Protocol (bgp)
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Charter
Last Modified: 1998-04-07
Current Status: Concluded Working Group
Chair(s):
Y Rekhter <yakov@juniper.net>
Routing Area Director(s):
Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
Alex Zinin <zinin@psg.com>
Routing Area Advisor:
<0>
Mailing Lists:
General Discussion:bgp@ans.net
To Subscribe: bgp-request@ans.net
Archive: ftp.ans.net:/pub/archive/iwg
Description of Working Group:
Develop the BGP protocol and BGP technical usage within the Internet,
continuing the current work of the Interconnectivity Working Group in
this regard.
Goals and Milestones:
Done Complete development of Version 2 of the Border Gateway
Protocol (BGP).
Done Develop a MIB for BGP Version 3.
Done Develop a mature BGP technical usage document that allows
us to build Inter-AS routing structures using the BGP
protocol.
Done Work with the Security Area to enhance the provision for
security in BGP.
Done Develop a BGP usage document describing how BGP can be used
as part of a network monitoring strategy.
Done Post an Internet-Draft specifying multicast extensions to
BGP.
Done Post the specfication of BGP 4 as an Internet-Draft.
Done Post an Internet-Draft specifying a MIB for BGP Version 4.
JAN 93 Submit the BGP Version 4 MIB to the IESG for consideration
as a Proposed Standard.
JAN 93 Submit the specification for BGP Version 4 to the IESG for
consideration as a Proposed Standard.
JAN 93 Submit the multicast extensions to BGP to the IESG as a
Proposed Standard.
JUL 97 Coordinate the deployment of BGP in conformance with the
BGP usage document in a manner that promotes sound
engineering and an open competitive environment. Take into
account the interests of the various backbone and mid-level
networks, the various vendors, and the user community.
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet-Drafts.
Request For Comments:
RFC Stat Published Title
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RFC1772 DS MAR 95 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the
Internet