Subject: grow: [[email-masked]: Document Action: 'BGP MULTI_EXIT_DISC (MED) Considerations' to Informational RFC]

From: David Meyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:02:16 -0800

Congrats to Danny and Vijay for the fine work on this one.

	Dave

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> Subject: Document Action: 'BGP MULTI_EXIT_DISC (MED) Considerations' 
>          to Informational RFC 
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:00:21 -0500
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> The IESG has approved the following document:
> 
> - 'BGP MULTI_EXIT_DISC (MED) Considerations '
>    <draft-ietf-grow-bgp-med-considerations-05.txt> as an Informational RFC
> 
> This document is the product of the Global Routing Operations Working Group. 
> 
> The IESG contact persons are David Kessens and Bert Wijnen.
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> A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-grow-bgp-med-considerations-05.txt
> 
> Technical Summary
>  
>  The Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP) has been in use in the
>  Internet for a decade (or more) and is the primary vehicle for
>  exchanging inter-domain routing information and for expressing
>  policy. BGP specifies a MULTI_EXIT_DISC (MED) Attribute, which
>  allows service providers to tailor inbound path utilization (by
>  providing a mechanism for BGP speakers to convey to an adjacent
>  AS the optimal entry point into the local AS). BGP MEDs
>  function correctly in many scenarios, however, there are a number
>  of issues which may arise when utilizing MEDs in dynamic or
>  complex topologies. This document outlines implementation and
>  deployment considerations that should be considered when
>  deploying BGP MEDs.
> 
> Working Group Summary
>  
>  The GROW WG achieved consensus on this document. 
>  
> Protocol Quality
>  
>  David Kessens reviewed this document for the IESG.

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