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        RFC 1997:

        Title:      BGP Communities Attribute
        Author:     R. Chandra, P. Traina & T. Li
        Date:       August 1996
        Mailbox:    pst@cisco.com, rchandra@cisco.com,
                    tli@skat.usc.edu
        Pages:      5
        Characters: 8,275
        Updates/Obsoletes: none

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1997.txt


The Border Gateway Protocol is an inter-autonomous system routing
protocol designed for TCP/IP internets.  This document describes an
extension to BGP which may be used to pass additional information to
both neighboring and remote BGP peers.  The intention of the proposed
technique is to aid in policy administration and reduce the management
complexity of maintaining the Internet.  This RFC is the product of
the Inter-Domain Routing Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute