The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Internet Exchange BGP Route Server' (draft-ietf-idr-ix-bgp-route-server-12.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Inter-Domain Routing Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Alvaro Retana, Alia Atlas and Deborah Brungard. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-idr-ix-bgp-route-server/ Technical Summary This document outlines a specification for multilateral interconnections at Internet exchange points (IXPs). Multilateral interconnection is a method of exchanging routing information between three or more external BGP speakers using a single intermediate broker system, referred to as a route server. Route servers are typically used on shared access media networks, such as Internet exchange points (IXPs), to facilitate simplified interconnection between multiple Internet routers. Working Group Summary The document has been discussed for 2-3 years in the IDR and the GROW working group. There is a "companion" document from the grow WG: draft-ietf-grow-ix-bgp-route-server-operations. Document Quality Yes, implementations from cisco, BIRD and Quaga exist. The details of an implementation report are here: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/idr/trac/wiki/draft-ietf-idr-ix-bgp-route-server%20implementations Personnel Document Shepherd: Susan Hares Responsible AD: Alvaro Retana
