RFC 7921 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016

An Architecture for the Interface to the Routing System

Overview

RFC 7921, “An Architecture for the Interface to the Routing System”, is an Informational document published in June 2016 by A. Atlas, J. Halpern, S. Hares, D. Ward, T. Nadeau. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the IETF architecture for a standard, programmatic interface for state transfer in and out of the Internet routing system. It describes the high-level architecture, the building blocks of this high-level architecture, and their interfaces, with particular focus on those to be standardized as part of the Interface to the Routing System (I2RS).

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What “Informational” means

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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