{"draft":"draft-ietf-idr-rfc2796bis-02","doc_id":"RFC4456","title":"BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)","authors":["T. Bates","E. Chen","R. Chandra"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"12","pub_status":"DRAFT STANDARD","status":"DRAFT STANDARD","source":"Inter-Domain Routing","abstract":"The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an inter-autonomous system\r\nrouting protocol designed for TCP\/IP internets.  Typically, all BGP\r\nspeakers within a single AS must be fully meshed so that any external\r\nrouting information must be re-distributed to all other routers\r\nwithin that Autonomous System (AS).  This represents a serious scaling\r\nproblem that has been well documented with several alternatives proposed.\r\n\r\nThis document describes the use and design of a method known as\r\n\"route reflection\" to alleviate the need for \"full mesh\" Internal\r\nBGP (IBGP).\r\n\r\nThis document obsoletes RFC 2796 and RFC 1966.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"April 2006","keywords":["BGP-RR","Border","Gateway","Protocol","autonomous","system"],"obsoletes":["RFC2796","RFC1966"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC7606"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4456","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc4456"}