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authorOndrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>2008-10-26 22:52:21 +0100
committerOndrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>2008-10-26 22:52:21 +0100
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Update of a documentation - new options for AS4, MD5 auth and route reflection.
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@@ -655,13 +655,19 @@ routing table it wishes to export along with complete path information
route) in order to avoid routing loops.
<p>BIRD supports all requirements of the BGP4 standard as defined in
-RFC 1771<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1771.txt">
-including several enhancements from the
-latest draft<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-09.txt">.
-It also supports the community attributes as per
-RFC 1997<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1997.txt">,
-capability negotiation defined in
-RFC 2842<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2842.txt">.
+RFC 4271<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4271.txt">
+It also supports the community attributes
+(RFC 1997<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1997.txt">),
+capability negotiation
+(RFC 3392<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3392.txt">),
+MD5 password authentication
+(RFC 2385<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2385.txt">),
+route reflectors
+(RFC 4456<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4456.txt">),
+and 4B AS numbers
+(RFC 4893<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4893.txt">).
+
+
For IPv6, it uses the standard multiprotocol extensions defined in
RFC 2283<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2283.txt">
including changes described in the
@@ -721,6 +727,27 @@ for each neighbor using the following configuration parameters:
for next hop calculation. Default: the address of the local end
of the interface our neighbor is connected to.
+ <tag>password <m/string/</tag> Use this password for MD5 authentication
+ of BGP sessions. Default: no authentication.
+
+ <tag>rr client</tag> Be a route reflector and treat neighbor as
+ route reflection client. Default: disabled.
+
+ <tag>rr cluster id <m/IPv4 address/</tag> Route reflectors use cluster id
+ to avoid route reflection loops. When there is one route reflector in a cluster
+ it usually uses its router id as a cluster id, but when there are more route
+ reflectors in a cluster, these need to be configured (using this option) to
+ use a common cluster id. Clients in a cluster need not known their cluster
+ id and this option is not allowed to them Default: a same as router id.
+
+ <tag>enable as4 <m/switch/</tag> BGP protocol was designed to use 2B AS numbers
+ and was extended later to allow 4B AS number. BIRD supports 4B AS extension,
+ but by disabling this option it can be persuaded not to advertise it and
+ to maintain old-style sessions with its neighbors. This might be useful for
+ circumventing bugs in neighbor's implementation of 4B AS extension.
+ Even when disabled (off), BIRD behaves internally as AS4-aware BGP router.
+ Default: on.
+
<tag>disable after error <m/switch/</tag> When an error is encountered (either
locally or by the other side), disable the instance automatically
and wait for an administrator to fix the problem manually. Default: off.