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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 87113fa9..5ee9562f 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -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. |