RFC 4456: BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an inter-autonomous system routing protocol designed for TCP/IP internets. Typically, all BGP speakers within a single AS…

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Outgoing relationships (6 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1966: BGP Route Reflection An alternative to full mesh IBGP
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2796: BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP
Normative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Informative reference — RFC 2385: Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
Informative reference — RFC 3065: Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
Informative reference — RFC 1863: A BGP/IDRP Route Server alternative to a full mesh routing

Incoming relationships (22 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7606: Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4684: Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8955: Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9252: BGP Overlay Services Based on Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7524: Inter-Area Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Segmented Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7705: Autonomous System Migration Mechanisms and Their Effects on the BGP AS_PATH Attribute
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5004: Avoid BGP Best Path Transitions from One External to Another
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6774: Distribution of Diverse BGP Paths
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8821: PCE-Based Traffic Engineering (TE) in Native IP Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9107: BGP Optimal Route Reflection (BGP ORR)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6198: Requirements for the Graceful Shutdown of BGP Sessions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7964: Solutions for BGP Persistent Route Oscillation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5065: Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8584: Framework for Ethernet VPN Designated Forwarder Election Extensibility
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7947: Internet Exchange BGP Route Server
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9830: Advertising Segment Routing Policies in BGP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9262: Tree Engineering for Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER-TE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7948: Internet Exchange BGP Route Server Operations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6938: Deprecation of BGP Path Attributes: DPA, ADVERTISER, and RCID_PATH / CLUSTER_ID
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9377: IS-IS Flood Reflection
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9689: Use Cases for a PCE as a Central Controller (PCECC)