RFC 8212 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2017
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Default External BGP Route Propagation Behavior without Policies
Overview
RFC 8212, “Default External BGP Route Propagation Behavior without Policies”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2017 by J. Mauch, J. Snijders, G. Hankins. It updates RFC 4271. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document updates RFC 4271 by defining the default behavior of a BGP speaker when there is no Import or Export Policy associated with an External BGP session.
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
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- RFC 8210 The Resource Public Key Infrastructure to Router Protocol, Version 1
- RFC 8214 Virtual Private Wire Service Support in Ethernet VPN
- RFC 8209 A Profile for BGPsec Router Certificates, Certificate Revocation Lists, and Certification Requests
- RFC 8215 Local-Use IPv4/IPv6 Translation Prefix
- RFC 8208 BGPsec Algorithms, Key Formats, and Signature Formats
- RFC 8216 HTTP Live Streaming