To: Request-for-Comments-List:; Subject: RFC1265, RFC1266 on BGP Protocol Analysis & Experience with the BGP Protocol Cc: jkrey@ISI.EDU Reply-To: jkrey@ISI.EDU Date: Fri, 25 Oct 91 17:39:57 PDT From: "Joyce K. Reynolds" New Request for Comments are now available from the Network Information Center in the online library at NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL. RFC 1265: Title: BGP Protocol Analysis Author: Y. Rekhter, Editor Mailbox: yakov@watson.ibm.com Pages: 8 Characters: 20,728 Obsoletes/Updates: none pathname: rfc/rfc1265.txt The purpose of this report is to document how the requirements for advancing a routing protocol to Draft Standard have been satisfied by the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). This report summarizes the key feature of BGP, and analyzes the protocol with respect to scaling and performance. This is the first of two reports on the BGP protocol. The BGP protocol has been developed by the BGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Please send comments to iwg@rice.edu. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. RFC 1266: Title: Experience with the BGP Protocol Author: Y. Rekhter, Editor Mailbox: yakov@watson.ibm.com Pages: 9 Characters: 21,938 Obsoletes/Updates: none pathname: rfc/rfc1266.txt The purpose of this memo is to document how the requirements for advancing a routing protocol to Draft Standard have been satisfied by Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). This report documents experience with BGP. This is the second of two reports on the BGP protocol. As required by the Internet Activities Board (IAB) and the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), the first report will present a performance analysis of the BGP protocol. The BGP protocol has been developed by the BGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Please send comments to iwg@rice.edu. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. RFCs can also be obtained via FTP from FTP.NISC.SRI.COM, NIS.NSF.NET, NISC.JVNC.NET, VENERA.ISI.EDU, or WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU. Instructions for retrieving RFCs may be found in the file "in-notes/rfc-retrieval.txt" on VENERA.ISI.EDU. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. Submissions for Requests for Comments should be sent to POSTEL@ISI.EDU. Please consult RFC 1111, "Instructions to RFC Authors", for further information. Requests to be added to or deleted from this distribution list should be sent to RFC-REQUEST@NIC.DDN.MIL. Joyce K. Reynolds USC/Information Sciences Institute ----- End Included Message -----