Internet Exchange BGP Route Server Operations
RFC 7948, “Internet Exchange BGP Route Server Operations”, is an Informational document published in September 2016 by N. Hilliard, E. Jasinska, R. Raszuk, N. Bakker. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The popularity of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) brings new challenges to interconnecting networks. While bilateral External BGP (EBGP) sessions between exchange participants were historically the most common means of exchanging reachability information over an IXP, the overhead associated with this interconnection method causes serious operational and administrative scaling problems for IXP participants.
Multilateral interconnection using Internet route servers can dramatically reduce the administrative and operational overhead associated with connecting to IXPs; in some cases, route servers are used by IXP participants as their preferred means of exchanging routing information.
This document describes operational considerations for multilateral interconnections at IXPs.
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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