RFC 8195 · INFORMATIONAL · 2017

Use of BGP Large Communities

Overview

RFC 8195, “Use of BGP Large Communities”, is an Informational document published in June 2017 by J. Snijders, J. Heasley, M. Schmidt. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document presents examples and inspiration for operator application of BGP Large Communities. Based on operational experience with BGP Communities, this document suggests logical categories of BGP Large Communities and demonstrates an orderly manner of organizing community values within them to achieve typical goals in routing policy. Any operator can consider using the concepts presented as the basis for their own BGP Large Communities repertoire.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

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

Read this RFC

The canonical text of RFC 8195 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.

Other RFCs from 2017

Who Is Online

In total there are 130 users online: 0 registered, 126 guests and 4 bots.

Most users ever online was 1,226 on 13 Jun 2026, 3:56 am.

Bots: AhrefsBot Applebot Other Bot SemrushBot

Users active in the past 15 minutes. Total registered members: 354