RFC 1164 (rfc1164) - Page 1 of 23
Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group J. Honig, Cornell Univ. Theory Center
Request for Comments: 1164 D. Katz, Merit/NSFNET
M. Mathis, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Y. Rekhter, T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corp
J. Yu, Merit/NSFNET
June 1990
Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
Status of this Memo
This RFC, together with its companion RFC-1163, "A Border Gateway
Protocol (BGP)", define a Proposed Standard for an inter-autonomous
system routing protocol for the Internet.
This protocol, like any other at this initial stage, may undergo
modifications before reaching full Internet Standard status as a
result of deployment experience. Implementers are encouraged to
track the progress of this or any protocol as it moves through the
standardization process, and to report their own experience with the
protocol.
This protocol is being considered by the Interconnectivity Working
Group (IWG) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Information about the progress of BGP can be monitored and/or
reported on the IWG mailing list ().
Please refer to the latest edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
Standards" RFC for current information on the state and status of
standard Internet protocols.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Table of Contents
1. Acknowledgements....................................... 2
2. Introduction........................................... 2
3. BGP Theory and Application............................. 3
3.1 Topological Model..................................... 3
3.2 BGP in the Internet................................... 4
3.2.1 Topology Considerations............................. 4
3.2.2 Global Nature of BGP................................ 5
3.2.3 BGP Neighbor Relationships.......................... 5
3.3 Policy Making with BGP................................ 6
4. Operational Issues..................................... 7
4.1 Path Selection........................................ 7
4.2 Syntax and Semantics for BGP Configuration Files...... 9
5. The Interaction of BGP and an IGP...................... 17
Interconnectivity Working Group