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<reference anchor='RFC1997'>

<front>
<title>BGP Communities Attribute</title>
<author initials='R.' surname='Chandrasekeran' fullname='Ravishanker Chandrasekeran'>
<organization>cisco Systems, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>170 W. Tasman Dr.</street>
<city>San Jose</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>95134</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>rchandra@cisco.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='P.' surname='Traina' fullname='Paul Traina'>
<organization>cisco Systems, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>170 W. Tasman Dr.</street>
<city>San Jose</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>95134</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>pst@cisco.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='T.' surname='Li' fullname='Tony Li'>
<organization />
<address>
<email>tli@skat.usc.edu</email></address></author>
<date month='August' year='1996' />
<abstract>
<t>Border Gateway Protocolis an inter-autonomous system routing protocol designed for TCP/IP internets. This document describes an extension to BGP which may be used to pass additional information to both neighboring and remote BGP peers. The intention of the proposed technique is to aid in policy administration and reduce the management complexity of maintaining the Internet.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1997' />
</reference>
