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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index ff2c188f..3ab9dee9 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -2040,6 +2040,16 @@ using the following configuration parameters: source address for the BGP session. Default: the address of the local end of the interface our neighbor is connected to. + <tag><label id="bgp-strict-bind">strict bind <m/switch/</tag> + Specify whether BGP listening socket should be bound to a specific local + address (the same as the <cf/source address/) and associated interface, + or to all addresses. Binding to a specific address could be useful in + cases like running multiple BIRD instances on a machine, each using its + IP address. Note that listening sockets bound to a specific address and + to all addresses collide, therefore either all BGP protocols (of the + same address family and using the same local port) should have set + <cf/strict bind/, or none of them. Default: disabled. + <tag><label id="bgp-next-hop-self">next hop self</tag> Avoid calculation of the Next Hop attribute and always advertise our own source address as a next hop. This needs to be used only occasionally to @@ -2112,7 +2122,7 @@ using the following configuration parameters: Note that full (ICMP protection, for example) <rfc id="5082"> support is provided by Linux only. Default: disabled. - <tag><label id="bgp-pass">password <m/string/</tag> + <tag><label id="bgp-password">password <m/string/</tag> Use this password for MD5 authentication of BGP sessions (<rfc id="2385">). When used on BSD systems, see also <cf/setkey/ option below. Default: no authentication. @@ -2270,13 +2280,6 @@ using the following configuration parameters: This option is relevant to IPv4 mode with enabled capability advertisement only. Default: on. - <tag><label id="bgp-route-limit">route limit <m/number/</tag> - The maximal number of routes that may be imported from the protocol. If - the route limit is exceeded, the connection is closed with an error. - Limit is currently implemented as <cf>import limit <m/number/ action - restart</cf>. This option is obsolete and it is replaced by - <ref id="proto-import-limit" name="import limit option">. Default: no limit. - <tag><label id="bgp-disable-after-error">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 |