Hey NANOG, As a followup to our NANOG 68 presentation in Dallas on BGP Large Communites (https://www.nanog.org/meetings/abstract?id=2990), RFC 8092 as just published on Thursday. BGP Large Communities solve a big issue for network operators, by providing a simple way to signal meta-information between networks using 16-bit or 32-bit ASNs. Publication as an RFC was accomplished in a remarkably short time, due to the close cooperation and strong consensus between the IETF IDR Working Group and network operators. The idea progressed rapidly from its inception in March 2016, to the first Internet-Draft in September 2016, to its final IESG approval stages in December 2016, and finally to publication as an RFC in barely seven months. In addition the the final standard, a number of implementations and tools were developed along the way, so that network operators can test and deploy the new technology now. The latest list of software that support BGP Large Communities is here: http://largebgpcommunities.net/implementations/ . While the final milestone to RFC publication has been reached, this is by no means the end of the story! Work on the "Usage of BGP Large Communities" I-D (https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-grow-large-communities-usage) continues, to provide examples and inspiration for network operators on how to use BGP Large Communities. It’s time to celebrate, as 32-bit ASNs are first class citizens now too! More information can be found here: http://largebgpcommunities.net/ . RFC 8092 can be found here: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8092 . Kind regards, Greg -- Greg Hankins <ghankins@mindspring.com> ----- Forwarded message from rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org ----- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:23:49 -0800 (PST) From: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org To: ietf-announce@ietf.org, rfc-dist@rfc-editor.org Cc: drafts-update-ref@iana.org, idr@ietf.org, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org Subject: [Idr] RFC 8092 on BGP Large Communities Attribute A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8092 Title: BGP Large Communities Attribute Author: J. Heitz, Ed., J. Snijders, Ed., K. Patel, I. Bagdonas, N. Hilliard Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: February 2017 Mailbox: jheitz@cisco.com, job@ntt.net, keyur@arrcus.com, ibagdona.ietf@gmail.com, nick@inex.ie Pages: 8 Characters: 15979 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-idr-large-community-12.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8092 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8092 This document describes the BGP Large Communities attribute, an extension to BGP-4. This attribute provides a mechanism to signal opaque information within separate namespaces to aid in routing management. The attribute is suitable for use with all Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) including four-octet ASNs. This document is a product of the Inter-Domain Routing Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: 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 Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ Idr mailing list Idr@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/idr ----- End forwarded message -----