Network Working Group                                       J. Haas, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4273                                 S. Hares, Ed.
Obsoletes: 1269, 1657                               NextHop Technologies
Category: Standards Track                                   January 2006


               Definitions of Managed Objects for BGP-4

Status of This Memo

  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 "Internet
  Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
  and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

  Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).

Abstract

  This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
  for use with network management protocols in the Internet community
  In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing the
  Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 or lower.

  The origin of this memo is from RFC 1269 "Definitions of Managed
  Objects for the Border Gateway Protocol (Version 3)", which was
  updated to support BGP-4 in RFC 1657.  This memo fixes errors
  introduced when the MIB module was converted to use the SMIv2
  language.  This memo also updates references to the current SNMP
  framework documents.

  This memo is intended to document deployed implementations of this
  MIB module in a historical context, to provide clarifications of some
  items, and to note errors where the MIB module fails to fully
  represent the BGP protocol.  Work is currently in progress to replace
  this MIB module with a new one representing the current state of the
  BGP protocol and its extensions.

  This document obsoletes RFC 1269 and RFC 1657.









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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction ....................................................2
  2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2
  3. Overview ........................................................2
  4. Definitions .....................................................3
  5. Security Considerations ........................................28
  6. Acknowledgements ...............................................30
  7. Normative References ...........................................31

1.  Introduction

  This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
  for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
  In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing the
  Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 or lower [BGP4, BGP4APP].

  This memo obsoletes RFC 1657 and RFC 1269.

2.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework

  For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current
  Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
  RFC 3410 [RFC3410].

  Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
  the Management Information Base or MIB.  MIB objects are generally
  accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
  Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the
  Structure of Management Information (SMI).  This memo specifies a MIB
  module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58,
  RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580
  [RFC2580].

3.  Overview

  These objects are used to control and manage a BGP-4 implementation.

  Apart from a few system-wide scalar objects, this MIB is broken into
  three tables: the BGP Peer Table, the BGP Received Path Attribute
  Table, and the BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table.  The BGP Peer
  Table contains information about state and current activity of
  connections with the BGP peers.  The BGP Received Path Attribute
  Table contains path attributes received from all peers running BGP
  version 3 or less.  The BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table contains
  path attributes received from all BGP-4 peers.  The actual attributes
  used in determining a route are a subset of the received attribute
  tables after local routing policy has been applied.



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4.  Definitions

   BGP4-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

       IMPORTS
           MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE,
           IpAddress, Integer32, Counter32, Gauge32, mib-2
               FROM SNMPv2-SMI
           MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP, NOTIFICATION-GROUP
               FROM SNMPv2-CONF;

       bgp MODULE-IDENTITY
           LAST-UPDATED "200601110000Z"
           ORGANIZATION "IETF IDR Working Group"
           CONTACT-INFO "E-mail:  [email protected]

                         Jeffrey Haas, Susan Hares  (Editors)
                         NextHop Technologies
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                         E-mail: [email protected]
                                 [email protected]"

           DESCRIPTION
                   "The MIB module for the BGP-4 protocol.

                    Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).  This
                    version of this MIB module is part of RFC 4273;
                    see the RFC itself for full legal notices."

           REVISION "200601110000Z"
           DESCRIPTION
                  "Changes from RFC 1657:

                   1) Fixed the definitions of the notifications
                      to make them equivalent to their initial
                      definition in RFC 1269.
                   2) Added compliance and conformance info.
                   3) Updated information for the values of
                      bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion, bgp4PathAttrLocalPref,
                      bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref,
                      bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc,
                      bgp4PathAttrASPathSegement.
                   4) Added additional clarification comments where
                      needed.



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                   5) Noted where objects do not fully reflect
                      the protocol as Known Issues.
                   6) Updated the DESCRIPTION for the
                      bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate object.
                   7) The following objects have had their DESCRIPTION
                      clause modified to remove the text that suggested
                      (using 'should' verb) initializing the counter
                      to zero on a transition to the established state:
                        bgpPeerInUpdates, bgpPeerOutUpdates,
                        bgpPeerInTotalMessages, bgpPeerOutTotalMessages
                      Those implementations that still do this are
                      still compliant with this new wording.
                      Applications should not assume counters have
                      started at zero.

                    Published as RFC 4273."

           REVISION "199405050000Z"
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Translated to SMIv2 and published as RFC 1657."

           REVISION "199110261839Z"
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Initial version, published as RFC 1269."
           ::= { mib-2 15 }

       bgpVersion OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (1..255))
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Vector of supported BGP protocol version
                    numbers.  Each peer negotiates the version
                    from this vector.  Versions are identified
                    via the string of bits contained within this
                    object.  The first octet contains bits 0 to
                    7, the second octet contains bits 8 to 15,
                    and so on, with the most significant bit
                    referring to the lowest bit number in the
                    octet (e.g., the MSB of the first octet
                    refers to bit 0).  If a bit, i, is present
                    and set, then the version (i+1) of the BGP
                    is supported."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.2."
           ::= { bgp 1 }

       bgpLocalAs OBJECT-TYPE



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           SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The local autonomous system number."
           REFERENCE
                    "RFC 4271, Section 4.2, 'My Autonomous System'."
           ::= { bgp 2 }

       -- BGP Peer table.  This table contains, one entry per
       -- BGP peer, information about the BGP peer.

       bgpPeerTable OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF BgpPeerEntry
           MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "BGP peer table.  This table contains,
                    one entry per BGP peer, information about the
                    connections with BGP peers."
           ::= { bgp 3 }

       bgpPeerEntry OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     BgpPeerEntry
           MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Entry containing information about the
                    connection with a BGP peer."
           INDEX { bgpPeerRemoteAddr }
           ::= { bgpPeerTable 1 }

       BgpPeerEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
               bgpPeerIdentifier
                   IpAddress,
               bgpPeerState
                   INTEGER,
               bgpPeerAdminStatus
                   INTEGER,
               bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerLocalAddr
                   IpAddress,
               bgpPeerLocalPort
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerRemoteAddr
                   IpAddress,
               bgpPeerRemotePort



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                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerRemoteAs
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerInUpdates
                   Counter32,
               bgpPeerOutUpdates
                   Counter32,
               bgpPeerInTotalMessages
                   Counter32,
               bgpPeerOutTotalMessages
                   Counter32,
               bgpPeerLastError
                   OCTET STRING,
               bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions
                   Counter32,
               bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime
                   Gauge32,
               bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerHoldTime
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerKeepAlive
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval
                   Integer32,
               bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime
                   Gauge32
               }

       bgpPeerIdentifier OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The BGP Identifier of this entry's BGP peer.
                    This entry MUST be 0.0.0.0 unless the
                    bgpPeerState is in the openconfirm or the
                    established state."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.2, 'BGP Identifier'."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 1 }




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       bgpPeerState OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                               idle(1),
                               connect(2),
                               active(3),
                               opensent(4),
                               openconfirm(5),
                               established(6)
                      }
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The BGP peer connection state."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 8.2.2."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 2 }

       bgpPeerAdminStatus OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                               stop(1),
                               start(2)
                      }
           MAX-ACCESS read-write
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The desired state of the BGP connection.
                    A transition from 'stop' to 'start' will cause
                    the BGP Manual Start Event to be generated.
                    A transition from 'start' to 'stop' will cause
                    the BGP Manual Stop Event to be generated.
                    This parameter can be used to restart BGP peer
                    connections.  Care should be used in providing
                    write access to this object without adequate
                    authentication."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 8.1.2."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 3 }

       bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The negotiated version of BGP running between
                    the two peers.

                    This entry MUST be zero (0) unless the
                    bgpPeerState is in the openconfirm or the



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                    established state.

                    Note that legal values for this object are
                    between 0 and 255."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.2.
                    RFC 4271, Section 7."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 4 }

       bgpPeerLocalAddr OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The local IP address of this entry's BGP
                    connection."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 5 }

       bgpPeerLocalPort OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The local port for the TCP connection between
                    the BGP peers."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 6 }

       bgpPeerRemoteAddr OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The remote IP address of this entry's BGP
                    peer."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 7 }

       bgpPeerRemotePort OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The remote port for the TCP connection
                    between the BGP peers.  Note that the
                    objects bgpPeerLocalAddr,
                    bgpPeerLocalPort, bgpPeerRemoteAddr, and
                    bgpPeerRemotePort provide the appropriate
                    reference to the standard MIB TCP
                    connection table."



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           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 8 }

       bgpPeerRemoteAs OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The remote autonomous system number received in
                    the BGP OPEN message."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.2."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 9 }

       bgpPeerInUpdates OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Counter32
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The number of BGP UPDATE messages
                    received on this connection."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 10 }

       bgpPeerOutUpdates OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Counter32
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The number of BGP UPDATE messages
                    transmitted on this connection."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 11 }

       bgpPeerInTotalMessages OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Counter32
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The total number of messages received
                    from the remote peer on this connection."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 12 }

       bgpPeerOutTotalMessages OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Counter32



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           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The total number of messages transmitted to
                    the remote peer on this connection."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 13 }

       bgpPeerLastError OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (2))
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The last error code and subcode seen by this
                    peer on this connection.  If no error has
                    occurred, this field is zero.  Otherwise, the
                    first byte of this two byte OCTET STRING
                    contains the error code, and the second byte
                    contains the subcode."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.5."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 14 }

       bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Counter32
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The total number of times the BGP FSM
                    transitioned into the established state
                    for this peer."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 8."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 15 }

       bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Gauge32
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "This timer indicates how long (in
                    seconds) this peer has been in the
                    established state or how long
                    since this peer was last in the
                    established state.  It is set to zero when
                    a new peer is configured or when the router is



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                    booted."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 8."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 16 }

       bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-write
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Time interval (in seconds) for the
                    ConnectRetry timer.  The suggested value
                    for this timer is 120 seconds."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 8.2.2.  This is the value used
                    to initialize the 'ConnectRetryTimer'."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 17 }

       bgpPeerHoldTime OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32  ( 0 | 3..65535 )
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Time interval (in seconds) for the Hold
                    Timer established with the peer.  The
                    value of this object is calculated by this
                    BGP speaker, using the smaller of the
                    values in bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured and the
                    Hold Time received in the OPEN message.

                    This value must be at least three seconds
                    if it is not zero (0).

                    If the Hold Timer has not been established
                    with the peer this object MUST have a value
                    of zero (0).

                    If the bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured object has
                    a value of (0), then this object MUST have a
                    value of (0)."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.2."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 18 }

       bgpPeerKeepAlive OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 ( 0 | 1..21845 )



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           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Time interval (in seconds) for the KeepAlive
                    timer established with the peer.  The value
                    of this object is calculated by this BGP
                    speaker such that, when compared with
                    bgpPeerHoldTime, it has the same proportion
                    that bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured has,
                    compared with bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured.

                    If the KeepAlive timer has not been established
                    with the peer, this object MUST have a value
                    of zero (0).

                    If the of bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured object
                    has a value of (0), then this object MUST have
                    a value of (0)."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.4."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 19 }

       bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 ( 0 | 3..65535 )
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-write
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Time interval (in seconds) for the Hold Time
                    configured for this BGP speaker with this
                    peer.  This value is placed in an OPEN
                    message sent to this peer by this BGP
                    speaker, and is compared with the Hold
                    Time field in an OPEN message received
                    from the peer when determining the Hold
                    Time (bgpPeerHoldTime) with the peer.
                    This value must not be less than three
                    seconds if it is not zero (0).  If it is
                    zero (0), the Hold Time is NOT to be
                    established with the peer.  The suggested
                    value for this timer is 90 seconds."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.2.
                    RFC 4271, Section 10."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 20 }

       bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured OBJECT-TYPE



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           SYNTAX     Integer32 ( 0 | 1..21845 )
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-write
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Time interval (in seconds) for the
                    KeepAlive timer configured for this BGP
                    speaker with this peer.  The value of this
                    object will only determine the
                    KEEPALIVE messages' frequency relative to
                    the value specified in
                    bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured; the actual
                    time interval for the KEEPALIVE messages is
                    indicated by bgpPeerKeepAlive.  A
                    reasonable maximum value for this timer
                    would be one third of that of
                    bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured.
                    If the value of this object is zero (0),
                    no periodical KEEPALIVE messages are sent
                    to the peer after the BGP connection has
                    been established.  The suggested value for
                    this timer is 30 seconds."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.4.
                    RFC 4271, Section 10."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 21 }

       bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-write
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Time interval (in seconds) for the
                    MinASOriginationInterval timer.
                    The suggested value for this timer is 15
                    seconds."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 9.2.1.2.
                    RFC 4271, Section 10."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 22 }

       bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..65535)
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-write
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION



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                   "Time interval (in seconds) for the
                    MinRouteAdvertisementInterval timer.
                    The suggested value for this timer is 30
                    seconds for EBGP connections and 5
                    seconds for IBGP connections."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 9.2.1.1.
                    RFC 4271, Section 10."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 23 }

       bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Gauge32
           UNITS      "seconds"
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Elapsed time (in seconds) since the last BGP
                    UPDATE message was received from the peer.
                    Each time bgpPeerInUpdates is incremented,
                    the value of this object is set to zero (0)."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 4271, Section 8.2.2, Established state."
           ::= { bgpPeerEntry 24 }

       bgpIdentifier OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The BGP Identifier of the local system."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.2."
           ::= { bgp 4 }

       -- BGP Received Path Attribute Table.  This table contains
       -- one entry per path to a network, and path attributes
       -- received from all peers running BGP version 3 or less.
       -- This table is obsolete, having been replaced in
       -- functionality by the bgp4PathAttrTable.

       bgpRcvdPathAttrTable OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF BgpPathAttrEntry
           MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The BGP Received Path Attribute Table
                    contains information about paths to



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                    destination networks, received from all
                    peers running BGP version 3 or less."
           ::= { bgp 5 }

       bgpPathAttrEntry OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     BgpPathAttrEntry
           MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Information about a path to a network."
           INDEX { bgpPathAttrDestNetwork,
                   bgpPathAttrPeer        }
           ::= { bgpRcvdPathAttrTable 1 }

       BgpPathAttrEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
           bgpPathAttrPeer
                IpAddress,
           bgpPathAttrDestNetwork
                IpAddress,
           bgpPathAttrOrigin
                INTEGER,
           bgpPathAttrASPath
                OCTET STRING,
           bgpPathAttrNextHop
                IpAddress,
           bgpPathAttrInterASMetric
                Integer32
       }

       bgpPathAttrPeer OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The IP address of the peer where the path
                    information was learned."
           ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 1 }

       bgpPathAttrDestNetwork OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The address of the destination network."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 1267, Section 4.3."
           ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 2 }




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       bgpPathAttrOrigin OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                          igp(1),-- networks are interior
                          egp(2),-- networks learned via the
                                 -- EGP protocol
                          incomplete(3) -- networks that
                                 -- are learned by some other
                                 -- means
                      }
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The ultimate origin of the path information."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 1267, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 1267, Section 5."
           ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 3 }

       bgpPathAttrASPath OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (2..255))
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The set of ASes that must be traversed to reach
                    the network.  This object is probably best
                    represented as SEQUENCE OF INTEGER.  For SMI
                    compatibility, though, it is represented as
                    OCTET STRING.  Each AS is represented as a pair
                    of octets according to the following algorithm:

                       first-byte-of-pair = ASNumber / 256;
                       second-byte-of-pair = ASNumber & 255;"
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 1267, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 1267, Section 5."
           ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 4 }

       bgpPathAttrNextHop OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The address of the border router that should
                    be used for the destination network."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 1267, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 1267, Section 5."
           ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 5 }



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       bgpPathAttrInterASMetric OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The optional inter-AS metric.  If this
                    attribute has not been provided for this route,
                    the value for this object is 0."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 1267, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 1267, Section 5."
           ::= { bgpPathAttrEntry 6 }

       -- BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table.  This table
       -- contains one entry per path to a network, and path
       -- attributes received from all peers running BGP-4.

       bgp4PathAttrTable OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF Bgp4PathAttrEntry
           MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The BGP-4 Received Path Attribute Table
                    contains information about paths to
                    destination networks, received from all
                    BGP4 peers."
           ::= { bgp 6 }

       bgp4PathAttrEntry OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Bgp4PathAttrEntry
           MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Information about a path to a network."
           INDEX { bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix,
                   bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen,
                   bgp4PathAttrPeer            }
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrTable 1 }

       Bgp4PathAttrEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
           bgp4PathAttrPeer
                IpAddress,
           bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen
                Integer32,
           bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix
                IpAddress,
           bgp4PathAttrOrigin
                INTEGER,



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           bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment
                OCTET STRING,
           bgp4PathAttrNextHop
                IpAddress,
           bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc
                Integer32,
           bgp4PathAttrLocalPref
                Integer32,
           bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate
                INTEGER,
           bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS
                Integer32,
           bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr
                IpAddress,
           bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref
                Integer32,
           bgp4PathAttrBest
                INTEGER,
           bgp4PathAttrUnknown
                OCTET STRING
       }

       bgp4PathAttrPeer OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The IP address of the peer where the path
                    information was learned."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 1 }

       bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..32)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "Length in bits of the IP address prefix in
                    the Network Layer Reachability
                    Information field."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 2 }

       bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "An IP address prefix in the Network Layer
                    Reachability Information field.  This object



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                    is an IP address containing the prefix with
                    length specified by
                    bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen.
                    Any bits beyond the length specified by
                    bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen are zeroed."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 3 }

       bgp4PathAttrOrigin OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                          igp(1),-- networks are interior
                          egp(2),-- networks learned via the
                                 -- EGP protocol
                          incomplete(3) -- networks that
                                 -- are learned by some other
                                 -- means
                      }
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The ultimate origin of the path
                    information."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 4271, Section 5.1.1."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 4 }

       bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE (2..255))
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The sequence of AS path segments.  Each AS
                    path segment is represented by a triple
                    <type, length, value>.

                    The type is a 1-octet field that has two
                    possible values:
                        1      AS_SET: unordered set of ASes that a
                                    route in the UPDATE message
                                    has traversed

                        2      AS_SEQUENCE: ordered set of ASes that
                                    a route in the UPDATE message
                                    has traversed.

                    The length is a 1-octet field containing the



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                    number of ASes in the value field.

                    The value field contains one or more AS
                    numbers.  Each AS is represented in the octet
                    string as a pair of octets according to the
                    following algorithm:

                       first-byte-of-pair = ASNumber / 256;
                       second-byte-of-pair = ASNumber & 255;

                    Known Issues:
                    o BGP Confederations will result in
                      a type of either 3 or 4.
                    o An AS Path may be longer than 255 octets.
                      This may result in this object containing
                      a truncated AS Path."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 4271, Section 5.1.2."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 5 }

       bgp4PathAttrNextHop OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The address of the border router that
                    should be used for the destination
                    network.  This address is the NEXT_HOP
                    address received in the UPDATE packet."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 4271, Section 5.1.3."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 6 }

       bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (-1..2147483647)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "This metric is used to discriminate
                    between multiple exit points to an
                    adjacent autonomous system.  A value of -1
                    indicates the absence of this attribute.

                    Known Issues:
                    o The BGP-4 specification uses an
                      unsigned 32 bit number.  Thus, this



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                      object cannot represent the full
                      range of the protocol."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 4271, Section 5.1.4."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 7 }

       bgp4PathAttrLocalPref OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (-1..2147483647)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The originating BGP4 speaker's degree of
                    preference for an advertised route.  A
                    value of -1 indicates the absence of this
                    attribute.

                    Known Issues:
                    o The BGP-4 specification uses an
                      unsigned 32 bit number and thus this
                      object cannot represent the full
                      range of the protocol."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 4.3.
                    RFC 4271, Section 5.1.5."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 8 }

       bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                          lessSpecificRouteNotSelected(1),
                              -- Typo corrected from RFC 1657
                          lessSpecificRouteSelected(2)
                      }
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "If the ATOMIC_AGGREGATE attribute is present
                    in the Path Attributes then this object MUST
                    have a value of 'lessSpecificRouteNotSelected'.

                    If the ATOMIC_AGGREGATE attribute is missing
                    in the Path Attributes then this object MUST
                    have a value of 'lessSpecificRouteSelected'.

                    Note that ATOMIC_AGGREGATE is now a primarily
                    informational attribute."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Sections 5.1.6 and 9.1.4."



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           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 9 }

       bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..65535)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The AS number of the last BGP4 speaker that
                    performed route aggregation.  A value of
                    zero (0) indicates the absence of this
                    attribute.

                    Note that propagation of AS of zero is illegal
                    in the Internet."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 5.1.7.
                    RFC 4271, Section 9.2.2.2."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 10 }

       bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     IpAddress
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The IP address of the last BGP4 speaker
                    that performed route aggregation.  A
                    value of 0.0.0.0 indicates the absence
                    of this attribute."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 5.1.7.
                    RFC 4271, Section 9.2.2.2."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 11 }

       bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     Integer32 (-1..2147483647)
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The degree of preference calculated by the
                    receiving BGP4 speaker for an advertised
                    route.  A value of -1 indicates the
                    absence of this attribute.

                    Known Issues:
                    o The BGP-4 specification uses an
                      unsigned 32 bit number and thus this
                      object cannot represent the full
                      range of the protocol."



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           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 9.1.1."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 12 }

       bgp4PathAttrBest OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                          false(1),-- not chosen as best route
                          true(2) -- chosen as best route
                      }
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "An indication of whether this route
                    was chosen as the best BGP4 route for this
                    destination."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 9.1.2."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 13 }

       bgp4PathAttrUnknown OBJECT-TYPE
           SYNTAX     OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..255))
           MAX-ACCESS read-only
           STATUS     current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "One or more path attributes not understood by
                    this BGP4 speaker.

                    Path attributes are recorded in the Update Path
                    attribute format of type, length, value.

                    Size zero (0) indicates the absence of such
                    attributes.

                    Octets beyond the maximum size, if any, are not
                    recorded by this object.

                    Known Issues:
                    o Attributes understood by this speaker, but not
                      represented in this MIB, are unavailable to
                      the agent."
           REFERENCE
                   "RFC 4271, Section 5."
           ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 14 }

       -- Traps.
       -- Note that in RFC 1657, bgpTraps was incorrectly
       -- assigned a value of { bgp 7 } and each of the
       -- traps had the bgpPeerRemoteAddr object inappropriately



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       -- removed from their OBJECTS clause.  The following
       -- definitions restore the semantics of the traps as
       -- they were initially defined in RFC 1269.

       bgpNotification OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { bgp 0 }

       bgpEstablishedNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE
           OBJECTS { bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                     bgpPeerLastError,
                     bgpPeerState      }
           STATUS  current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The bgpEstablishedNotification event is generated
                    when the BGP FSM enters the established state.

                    This Notification replaces the bgpEstablished
                    Notification."
           ::= { bgpNotification 1 }

       bgpBackwardTransNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE
           OBJECTS { bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                     bgpPeerLastError,
                     bgpPeerState      }
           STATUS  current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The bgpBackwardTransNotification event is
                    generated when the BGP FSM moves from a higher
                    numbered state to a lower numbered state.

                    This Notification replaces the
                    bgpBackwardsTransition Notification."
           ::= { bgpNotification 2 }

       -- { bgp 7 } is deprecated.  Do not allocate new objects or
       --           notifications underneath this branch.

       bgpTraps        OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { bgp 7 } -- deprecated

       bgpEstablished NOTIFICATION-TYPE
           OBJECTS { bgpPeerLastError,
                     bgpPeerState      }
           STATUS  deprecated
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The bgpEstablished event is generated when
                    the BGP FSM enters the established state.

                    This Notification has been replaced by the
                    bgpEstablishedNotification Notification."



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           ::= { bgpTraps 1 }

       bgpBackwardTransition NOTIFICATION-TYPE
           OBJECTS { bgpPeerLastError,
                     bgpPeerState      }
           STATUS  deprecated
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The bgpBackwardTransition event is generated
                    when the BGP FSM moves from a higher numbered
                    state to a lower numbered state.

                    This Notification has been replaced by the
                    bgpBackwardTransNotification Notification."
           ::= { bgpTraps 2 }

       -- Conformance information

       bgp4MIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER
           ::= { bgp 8 }
       bgp4MIBCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER
                   ::= { bgp4MIBConformance 1 }
       bgp4MIBGroups      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
           ::= { bgp4MIBConformance 2 }

       -- Compliance statements

       bgp4MIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
           STATUS  current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The compliance statement for entities which
                    implement the BGP4 mib."
           MODULE  -- this module
               MANDATORY-GROUPS { bgp4MIBGlobalsGroup,
                                  bgp4MIBPeerGroup,
                                  bgp4MIBPathAttrGroup }
               GROUP bgp4MIBNotificationGroup
               DESCRIPTION
                       "Implementation of BGP Notifications are
                        completely optional in this MIB."
           ::= { bgp4MIBCompliances 1 }

       bgp4MIBDeprecatedCompliances MODULE-COMPLIANCE
           STATUS  deprecated
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The compliance statement documenting deprecated
                    objects in the BGP4 mib."
           MODULE  -- this module
               GROUP bgp4MIBTrapGroup



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               DESCRIPTION
                   "Group containing TRAP objects that were
                    improperly converted from SMIv1 in RFC 1657.
                    The proper semantics have been restored
                    with the objects in bgp4MIBNotificationGroup."
           ::= { bgp4MIBCompliances 2 }

       bgp4MIBObsoleteCompliances MODULE-COMPLIANCE
           STATUS  obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "The compliance statement documenting obsolete
                    objects in the BGP4 mib."
           MODULE  -- this module
               GROUP bgpRcvdPathAttrGroup
               DESCRIPTION
                   "Group containing objects relevant to BGP-3
                    and earlier objects."
           ::= { bgp4MIBCompliances 3 }

       -- Units of conformance

       bgp4MIBGlobalsGroup OBJECT-GROUP
           OBJECTS { bgpVersion,
                     bgpLocalAs,
                     bgpIdentifier }
           STATUS  current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "A collection of objects providing
                    information on global BGP state."
           ::= { bgp4MIBGroups 1 }

       bgp4MIBPeerGroup OBJECT-GROUP
           OBJECTS { bgpPeerIdentifier,
                     bgpPeerState,
                     bgpPeerAdminStatus,
                     bgpPeerNegotiatedVersion,
                     bgpPeerLocalAddr,
                     bgpPeerLocalPort,
                     bgpPeerRemoteAddr,
                     bgpPeerRemotePort,
                     bgpPeerRemoteAs,
                     bgpPeerInUpdates,
                     bgpPeerOutUpdates,
                     bgpPeerInTotalMessages,
                     bgpPeerOutTotalMessages,
                     bgpPeerLastError,
                     bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTransitions,
                     bgpPeerFsmEstablishedTime,



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                     bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval,
                     bgpPeerHoldTime,
                     bgpPeerKeepAlive,
                     bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured,
                     bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured,
                     bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval,
                     bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval,
                     bgpPeerInUpdateElapsedTime }
           STATUS  current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "A collection of objects for managing
                    BGP peers."
           ::= { bgp4MIBGroups 2 }

       bgpRcvdPathAttrGroup OBJECT-GROUP
           OBJECTS { bgpPathAttrPeer,
                     bgpPathAttrDestNetwork,
                     bgpPathAttrOrigin,
                     bgpPathAttrASPath,
                     bgpPathAttrNextHop,
                     bgpPathAttrInterASMetric }
           STATUS  obsolete
           DESCRIPTION
                   "A collection of objects for managing BGP-3 and
                   earlier path entries.

                   This conformance group, like BGP-3, is obsolete."
           ::= { bgp4MIBGroups 3 }

       bgp4MIBPathAttrGroup OBJECT-GROUP
           OBJECTS { bgp4PathAttrPeer,
                     bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefixLen,
                     bgp4PathAttrIpAddrPrefix,
                     bgp4PathAttrOrigin,
                     bgp4PathAttrASPathSegment,
                     bgp4PathAttrNextHop,
                     bgp4PathAttrMultiExitDisc,
                     bgp4PathAttrLocalPref,
                     bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate,
                     bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAS,
                     bgp4PathAttrAggregatorAddr,
                     bgp4PathAttrCalcLocalPref,
                     bgp4PathAttrBest,
                     bgp4PathAttrUnknown }
           STATUS  current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "A collection of objects for managing
                    BGP path entries."



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           ::= { bgp4MIBGroups 4 }

       bgp4MIBTrapGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
           NOTIFICATIONS { bgpEstablished,
                           bgpBackwardTransition }
           STATUS  deprecated
           DESCRIPTION
                   "A collection of notifications for signaling
                    changes in BGP peer relationships.

                    Obsoleted by bgp4MIBNotificationGroup"
           ::= { bgp4MIBGroups 5 }

       bgp4MIBNotificationGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
           NOTIFICATIONS { bgpEstablishedNotification,
                           bgpBackwardTransNotification }
           STATUS current
           DESCRIPTION
                   "A collection of notifications for signaling
                    changes in BGP peer relationships.

                    Obsoletes bgp4MIBTrapGroup."
           ::= { bgp4MIBGroups 6 }

   END

5.  Security Considerations

  This MIB relates to a system providing inter-domain routing.  As
  such, improper manipulation of the objects represented by this MIB
  may result in denial of service to a large number of end-users.

  There are several management objects defined in this MIB that have a
  MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create.  Such objects
  should be considered sensitive or vulnerable in most network
  environments.  The support for SET operations in a non-secure
  environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on
  network operations.  These objects include:

     o bgpPeerAdminStatus

       Improper change of bgpPeerAdminStatus, from start to stop, can
       cause significant disruption of the connectivity to those
       portions of the Internet reached via the applicable remote BGP
       peer.






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     o bgpPeerConnectRetryInterval

       Improper change of this object can cause connections to be
       disrupted for extremely long time periods when otherwise they
       would be restored in a relatively short period of time.

     o bgpPeerHoldTimeConfigured, bgpPeerKeepAliveConfigured

       Misconfiguration of these objects can make BGP sessions more
       fragile and less resilient to denial of service attacks on the
       inter-domain routing system.

     o bgpPeerMinASOriginationInterval,
       bgpPeerMinRouteAdvertisementInterval

       Misconfiguration of these objects may adversely affect global
       Internet convergence of the routes advertised by this BGP
       speaker.  This may result in long-lived routing loops and
       blackholes for the portions of the Internet that utilize these
       routes.

  There are a number of managed objects in this MIB that contain
  sensitive information regarding the operation of a network.  For
  example, a BGP peer's local and remote addresses might be sensitive
  for ISPs who want to keep interface addresses on routers confidential
  in order to prevent router addresses used for a denial of service
  attack or spoofing.

  Therefore, it is important in most environments to control read
  access to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of
  these object when sending them over the network via SNMP.

  SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security.
  Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPsec),
  even then, there is no control as to who on the secure network is
  allowed to access and GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects
  in this MIB module.

  It is RECOMMENDED that implementers consider the security features as
  provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8),
  including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for
  authentication and privacy).

  Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT
  RECOMMENDED.  Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to
  enable cryptographic security.  It is then a customer/operator
  responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an
  instance of this MIB module is properly configured to give access to



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  the objects only to those principals (users) that have legitimate
  rights to indeed GET or SET (change/create/delete) them.

6.  Acknowledgements

  We would like to acknowledge the assistance of all the members of the
  Inter-Domain Routing Working Group, and particularly the following
  individuals:

  Yakov Rekhter, Juniper Networks
  Rob Coltun, Redback
  Guy Almes, Internet2
  Jeff Honig, BSDi
  Marshall T. Rose, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
  Dennis Ferguson, Juniper Networks
  Matt Mathis, PSC
  John Krawczyk, Bay Networks
  Curtis Villamizar, Avici
  Dave LeRoy, Pencom Systems
  Paul Traina, Juniper Networks
  Andrew Partan, MFN
  Robert Snyder, Cisco Systems
  Dimitry Haskin, Nortel
  Peder Chr Norgaard, Telebit Communications A/S
  Joel Halpern, CTO Longitude Systems, Inc.
  Nick Thille, RedBack Networks
  Bert Wijnen, Lucent
  Shane Wright, NextHop Technologies
  Mike McFadden, Riverstone Networks, Inc.
  Jon Saperia, JDS Consulting, Inc.
  Wayne Tackabury, Gold Wire Technology, Inc.
  Bill Fenner, AT&T Research
  RJ Atkinson, Extreme Networks
  Dan Romascanu, Avaya
  Mathew Richardson, NextHop Technologies

  The origin of this document is from RFC 1269 "Definitions of Managed
  Objects for the Border Gateway Protocol (Version 3)" written by Steve
  Willis and John Burruss, which was updated by John Chu to support
  BGP-4 in RFC 1657.  The editors wish to acknowledge the fine work of
  these original authors.










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7.  Normative References

  [BGP4]      Rekhter, Y., Li, T., and S. Hares, Eds., "A Border
              Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271, January 2006.

  [BGP4APP]   Rekhter, Y. and P. Gross, "Application of the Border
              Gateway Protocol in the Internet", RFC 1772, March 1995.

  [RFC2578]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder,
              "Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)",
              STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999.

  [RFC2579]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder,
              "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April
              1999.

  [RFC2580]   McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder,
              "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580,
              April 1999.

  [RFC3410]   Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart,
              "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet-
              Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002.

Editors' Addresses

  Jeffrey Haas
  NextHop Technologies
  825 Victor's Way, Suite 100
  Ann Arbor, MI 48103

  Phone: +1 734 222-1600
  Fax:   +1 734 222-1602
  EMail: [email protected]


  Susan Hares
  NextHop Technologies
  825 Victor's Way, Suite 100
  Ann Arbor, MI 48103

  Phone: +1 734 222-1600
  Fax:   +1 734 222-1602
  EMail: [email protected]







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