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IPv6 Advanced Protocols Implementation
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IPv6 Advanced Protocols Implementation

by Qing Li, Jinmei Tatuya, Keiichi Shima
July 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1008 pages
35h 43m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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1.5 Introduction to BGP4+ 27
1.5.3 Path Attributes
Path Attributes describe the various properties of the routes to which the attributes apply. The
BGP route selection algorithm includes the path attributes in its computation for the best route
as we will describe in Section 1.5.5. The Path Attributes are classified into four categories:
Well-known mandatory
Well-known discretionary
Optional transitive
Optional non-transitive
The well-known mandatory attributes must be recognized and processed by every BGP
speaker. The well-known mandatory attributes must be included in all UPDATE messages that
contain the NLRI. The well-known discretionary attributes ...
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ISBN: 9780080489308