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Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group C. Alaettinoglu
Request for Comments: 2280 USC/Information Sciences Institute
Category: Standards Track T. Bates
Cisco Systems
E. Gerich
At Home Network
D. Karrenberg
RIPE
D. Meyer
University of Oregon
M. Terpstra
Bay Networks
C. Villamizar
ANS
January 1998
Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 2
2 RPSL Names, Reserved Words, and Representation 3
3 Contact Information 6
3.1 mntner Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2 person Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 role Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 route Class 10
5 Set Classes 12
5.1 route-set Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.2 as-set Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.3 Predefined Set Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.4 Hierarchical Set Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6 aut-num Class 16
6.1 import Attribute: Import Policy Specification . . . . . . 16
6.1.1 Peering Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.1.2 Action Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Alaettinoglu, et. al. Standards Track