A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8203 Title: BGP Administrative Shutdown Communication Author: J. Snijders, J. Heitz, J. Scudder Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: July 2017 Mailbox: job@ntt.net, jheitz@cisco.com, jgs@juniper.net Pages: 6 Characters: 12532 Updates: RFC 4486 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-idr-shutdown-10.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8203 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8203 This document enhances the BGP Cease NOTIFICATION message "Administrative Shutdown" and "Administrative Reset" subcodes for operators to transmit a short freeform message to describe why a BGP session was shutdown or reset. This document updates RFC 4486. 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