[c-nsp] BGP Best Practice

[Ian Dickinson]

Danny Vernals wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Does anyone know of a good document that sets out BGP best practice for
> Internet useage?
> 
> I'm specifically looking for something that states policy regarding intra-AS
> routing i.e. that all eBGP speakers must be connected together via iBGP or
> at worst some kind of redistribution into and out of an IGP.
> 
> I've had a brief scan of RFC1771 and 1772 and can't find anything that
> states this clearly (although it is hinted at in more than one area)
> 
> ("*The use of the term Autonomous System here stresses the fact that … the
> administration of an AS appears to other ASs to have a single coherent
> interior routing plan and presents a consistent picture of what destinations
> are reachable through it"*  from 1771 is the best I could find)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Danny

You'll find most of this is pretty good:

http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0606/pdf/philip-smith.pdf

Ian