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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Charter

Chair(s)

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Description of Working Group

Develop the BGP protocol and BGP technical usage within the Internet, continuing the current work of the Interconnectivity Working Group in this regard.

Goals and Milestones

Ongoing
Coordinate the deployment of BGP in conformance with the BGP usage document in a manner that promotes sound engineering and an open competitive environment. Take into account the interests of the various backbone and mid-level networks, the various vendors, and the user community.
Done
Complete development of Version 2 of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
Done
Develop a mature BGP technical usage document that allows us to build Inter-AS routing structures using the BGP protocol.
Done
Develop a MIB for BGP Version 3.
Done
Work with the Security Area to enhance the provision for security in BGP.
Done
Develop a BGP usage document describing how BGP can be used as part of a network monitoring strategy.
Done
Post an Internet-Draft specifying multicast extensions to BGP.
Done
Post the specfication of BGP 4 as an Internet-Draft.
Done
Post an Internet-Draft specifying a MIB for BGP Version 4.
Jan 1993
Submit the multicast extensions to BGP to the IESG as a Proposed Standard.
Jan 1993
Submit the specification for BGP Version 4 to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Jan 1993
Submit the BGP Version 4 MIB to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
NOTE: The Internet-Draft(s) listed below may have been deleted since they are only good for six months.

Internet-Drafts

Request for Comments