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Border Gateway Protocol

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized exterior gateway protocol designed to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet. BGP is classified as a path-vector routing protocol, and it makes routing decisions based on paths, network policies, or rule-sets configured by a network administrator.

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Abbreviation
BGP
Based on
EGP
Introduction
June 1, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-06-01)
OSI layer
Application layer
Port
tcp/179
Purpose
exchange Internet Protocol routing information

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Packet format

Internal scalability

Stability

Routing table growth

Security

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Border Gateway Protocol

Nodes105
Edges104
Triples110
Avg. degree1.98
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Border Gateway Protocol

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related to Standards documents for BGP-4 · 56
Border Gateway Protocol → Advertisement, An Alternative, Application, AS, Autonomous System Confederations, BGP, BGP Communities Attribute, BGP Extended Communities, BGP Extended Communities Attribute, BGP Large Communities, BGP Large Communities Attribute, BGP Route Flap Damping, BGP Route Reflection, BGP Security Vulnerabilities Analysis, BGP Support, BGP UPDATE Messages, BGP-4, BGP-4 Implementation Report, BGP-4 MIB Implementation Survey, BGP-4 Protocol
related to history · 26
Border Gateway Protocol → Austin, BGP, BGP4, California, Cisco Systems, Half, IETF, In, In January, In October, Internet, Its, Kirk Lougheed, Len Bosack, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, March, Milpitas, RFC
related to Operation · 13
Border Gateway Protocol → Among, AS, BGP, Exterior Border Gateway Protocol, External BGP, Interior Border Gateway Protocol, Internal BGP, Other, Routers, TCP, VPN, When, When BGP
related to Further reading · 8
Border Gateway Protocol → Beijnum, BGP, Cisco Systems, Iljitsch, IOS Technology Handbook, ISBN, O'Reilly Media Inc, Retrieved
Abbreviation · 1
Border Gateway Protocol → BGP
Based on · 1
Border Gateway Protocol → EGP
Introduction · 1
Border Gateway Protocol → June 1, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-06-01)
OSI layer · 1
Border Gateway Protocol → Application layer
Port · 1
Border Gateway Protocol → tcp/179
Purpose · 1
Border Gateway Protocol → exchange Internet Protocol routing information

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bgp routing rfc route router routers peer routes tcp state table protocol open number message standard communities may information peers

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Border Gateway ProtocolAbbreviationBGP1.00infobox
Border Gateway ProtocolBased onEGP1.00infobox
Border Gateway ProtocolIntroductionJune 1, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-06-01)1.00infobox
Border Gateway ProtocolOSI layerApplication layer1.00infobox
Border Gateway ProtocolPorttcp/1791.00infobox
Border Gateway ProtocolPurposeexchange Internet Protocol routing information1.00infobox
Border Gateway ProtocolRFC§ Standards documents for BGP-41.00infobox
Border Gateway Protocolrelated to Further readingBGP0.60section
Border Gateway Protocolrelated to Further readingIOS Technology Handbook0.60section
Border Gateway Protocolrelated to Further readingCisco Systems0.60section
Border Gateway Protocolrelated to Further readingBeijnum0.60section
Border Gateway Protocolrelated to Further readingIljitsch0.60section

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