BLACKHOLE Community
RFC 7999, “BLACKHOLE Community”, is an Informational document published in October 2016 by T. King, C. Dietzel, J. Snijders, G. Doering, G. Hankins. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes the use of a well-known Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) community for destination-based blackholing in IP networks. This well-known advisory transitive BGP community named "BLACKHOLE" allows an origin Autonomous System (AS) to specify that a neighboring network should discard any traffic destined towards the tagged IP prefix.
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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