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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index bde825c3..04f9258b 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -794,11 +794,13 @@ inherited from templates can be updated by new definitions.
<tag><label id="proto-import">import all | none | filter <m/name/ | filter { <m/filter commands/ } | where <m/boolean filter expression/</tag>
Specify a filter to be used for filtering routes coming from the
protocol to the routing table. <cf/all/ is for keeping all routes,
- <cf/none/ is for dropping all routes. Default: <cf/all/.
+ <cf/none/ is for dropping all routes. Default: <cf/all/ (except for
+ EBGP).
<tag><label id="proto-export">export <m/filter/</tag>
This is similar to the <cf>import</cf> keyword, except that it works in
- the direction from the routing table to the protocol. Default: <cf/none/.
+ the direction from the routing table to the protocol. Default: <cf/none/
+ (except for EBGP).
<tag><label id="proto-import-keep-filtered">import keep filtered <m/switch/</tag>
Usually, if an import filter rejects a route, the route is forgotten.
@@ -866,10 +868,12 @@ template bgp {
ipv4 {
table mytable4;
import filter { ... };
+ export none;
};
ipv6 {
table mytable6;
import filter { ... };
+ export none;
};
}
@@ -2073,6 +2077,7 @@ avoid routing loops.
<item> <rfc id="7947"> - Internet Exchange BGP Route Server
<item> <rfc id="8092"> - BGP Large Communities Attribute
<item> <rfc id="8203"> - BGP Administrative Shutdown Communication
+<item> <rfc id="8212"> - Default EBGP Route Propagation Behavior without Policies
</itemize>
<sect1>Route selection rules
@@ -2459,6 +2464,12 @@ together with their appropriate channels follows.
</tabular>
</table>
+<p>Due to <rfc id="8212">, external BGP protocol requires explicit configuration
+of import and export policies (in contrast to other protocols, where default
+policies of <cf/import all/ and <cf/export none/ are used in absence of explicit
+configuration). Note that blanket policies like <cf/all/ or <cf/none/ can still
+be used in explicit configuration.
+
<p>BGP channels have additional config options (together with the common ones):
<descrip>
@@ -3631,13 +3642,13 @@ protocol kernel kern2 {
}
protocol bgp bgp1 { # The outside connections
- ipv4 { table as1; export all; };
+ ipv4 { table as1; import all; export all; };
local as 1;
neighbor 192.168.0.1 as 1001;
}
protocol bgp bgp2 {
- ipv4 { table as2; export all; };
+ ipv4 { table as2; import all; export all; };
local as 2;
neighbor 10.0.0.1 as 1002;
}
@@ -4419,7 +4430,10 @@ protocol bgp {
debug all;
local as 65000;
neighbor 192.168.2.1 as 65001;
- ipv4 { import filter peer_in_v4; };
+ ipv4 {
+ import filter peer_in_v4;
+ export none;
+ };
}
</code>