RFC 8670 · INFORMATIONAL · 2019
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
BGP Prefix Segment in Large-Scale Data Centers
Overview
RFC 8670, “BGP Prefix Segment in Large-Scale Data Centers”, is an Informational document published in December 2019 by C. Filsfils, S. Previdi, G. Dawra, E. Aries, P. Lapukhov. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes the motivation for, and benefits of, applying Segment Routing (SR) in BGP-based large-scale data centers. It describes the design to deploy SR in those data centers for both the MPLS and IPv6 data planes.
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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- RFC 8672 TLS Server Identity Pinning with Tickets
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