RFC 1997 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1996
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
BGP Communities Attribute
Overview
RFC 1997, “BGP Communities Attribute”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 1996 by R. Chandra, P. Traina, T. Li. It has since been updated by RFC 7606, RFC 8642. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes an extension to BGP which may be used to pass additional information to both neighboring and remote BGP peers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1996
- RFC 1996 A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes
- RFC 1998 An Application of the BGP Community Attribute in Multi-home Routing
- RFC 1995 Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS
- RFC 1994 PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
- RFC 1993 PPP Gandalf FZA Compression Protocol
- RFC 1992 The Nimrod Routing Architecture
- RFC 2002 IP Mobility Support
- RFC 1991 PGP Message Exchange Formats