RFC 1774 · INFORMATIONAL · 1995

BGP-4 Protocol Analysis

Overview

RFC 1774, “BGP-4 Protocol Analysis”, is an Informational document published in March 1995 by P. Traina. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to document how the requirements for advancing a routing protocol to Draft Standard have been satisfied by the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP-4). This report summarizes the key features of BGP, and analyzes the protocol with respect to scaling and performance. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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