Large BGP Communities
Version Tracking
Version 1.1
18 November 2019
- RS:1000:4-*
+ RS:1000:4
+ RS:1000:5
+ RS:1000:6
Version 1.0
20 April 2018
Introduction
This Euro-IX Large BGP Community standard list does not try to force IXPs to use all filters or options described below, that is entirely up to the IXPs themselves. However, we do ask that when an IXP does provide a service to its peers in the form of Large BGP Communities we would appreciate it if this list was respected as this will make it much easier for us, the IXP community, but also for our peers to understand what information is trying to be conveyed. When you do not see any community for what you need, then please use the reserved IXP free ranges for speedy deployment, but it would also be wise to start discussing your new community in the EURO-IX mailing list, or at the EURO-IX forums so that we can assign more permanent number for all to use.
Currently the community ranges are divided into 2 distinct ranges:
-
0-999Operational Communities -
1000-1999Informational Communities
The first 32b part of the community should ALWAYS contain the Route Server's AS number. For example ECIX's Route Servers would all use 9033:*:*
The priority is an integer which determines the evaluation order in the route server configuration. Where 0 is the highest priority. For example, a no export community (RS:0:PEERAS) has a priority of 0 and if a export community (RS:1:PEERAS) is also on there with prio of 1, then the no export community will need to be processed before the export community.
*:*:0 is seen as a wildcard unless stated otherwise. For example, 9033:0:0 means do not send my route to any peer, while 9033:0:4200000000 only means do not send this prefix to AS 4200000000.
Operational RS:0-999:*
Range of communities to advertise to route server to take some kind of action with the announced prefixes to peers. (e.g. suppress prefixes to a particular peer in some way.)
Direct filtering RS:0-99:*
| Range | Description | Notes | Strip on export | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RS:0:PEERAS |
Do not advertise to PEERAS | - | recommended | 0 |
RS:1:PEERAS |
Advertise to PEERAS | Only useful in combination with RS:0:0 | recommended | 1 |
RS:2:ms |
Do not announce to peers higher than ms | ms = Latency of peer in ms | recommended | 2 |
AS Path prepending RS:100-199:*
| Range | Description | Notes | Strip on export | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RS:101:PEERAS |
Prepend to PEERAS once | - | yes | 3 |
RS:102:PEERAS |
Prepend to PEERAS twice | - | yes | 3 |
RS:103:PEERAS |
Prepend to PEERAS three times | - | yes | 3 |
RS:111:ms |
Prepend once to peers higher than ms | - | yes | 3 |
RS:112:ms |
Prepend twice to peers higher than ms | - | yes | 3 |
RS:113:ms |
Prepend three times to peers higher than ms | - | yes | 3 |
Unassigned RS:200-899:*
IXP Specific RS:900-999:*
Free to use action communities
Informational RS:1000-1999:*
Range of communities which can be set by the Route Server to give additional information to the advertised prefix (e.g. what the Route Server thinks the RPKI status is of this prefix is)
Informational tags RS:1000-1099:*
| Range | Description | Notes | Strip on import |
|---|---|---|---|
RS:1000:1 |
RPKI VALID | Prefix is RPKI VALID | yes |
RS:1000:2 |
RPKI UNKNOWN | Prefix is RPKI UNKNOWN | yes |
RS:1000:3 |
RPKI NOT CHECKED | Prefix was not RPKI checked | yes |
RS:1000:4 |
RPKI INVALID No reason specified | Prefix is RPKI invalid, but no reason was given | yes |
RS:1000:5 |
RPKI INVALID Origin AS is invalid | Prefix is RPKI invalid because the origin AS is invalid | yes |
RS:1000:6 |
RPKI INVALID Max-length is invalid | Prefix is RPKI invalid because the Max-length is invalid | yes |
RS:1001:1 |
IRRDB VALID | Prefix exists in IRRDB | yes |
RS:1001:2 |
IRRDB NOT CHECKED | Prefix was not checked in IRRDB | yes |
RS:1001:3 |
MORE SPECIFIC THAN IRRDB | Prefix does not exist in IRRDB, but a less specific does valid entry exists | yes |
RS:1001:4 |
IRRDB Prefix not found in AS-SET or aut-num | Prefix was not found in the peer's as-set | yes |
RS:1001:5 |
IRRDB INVALID ORIGIN AS | Origin AS not in peer AS-SET | yes |
RS:1001:6 |
IRRDB INVALID PREFIX FOR ORIGIN AS | Prefix not found in origin AS | yes |
RS:1002:1-* |
TRACER (RS #) | IXP assigned ID for route server instance | no |
RS:1003:ms |
measured RTT for advertising peer | IXP measured round trip time for peer in ms | yes |
RS:1004:$peerAS |
Incoming Peer AS | Use Autonomous System Number of the incoming member for that route | yes |
RS:1005:1 |
AS Object, Route Object and Organization NOT from the same region. | Meant as a transitioning mechanism until full RPKI deployment | yes |
RS:1005:2 |
AS Object, Route Object and Organization from within the same region. | Meant as a transitioning mechanism until full RPKI deployment (match) | yes |
RS:1005:3 |
AS Object, Route Object and Organization from within the same region Not checked | Meant as a transitioning mechanism until full RPKI deployment (match) | yes |
Filtered reasons RS:1100-1199:*
Prefixes which have these communities are not expected to be advertised to anyone by the route server, the route server has filtered them. It may still be useful to tag a route which is filtered so that you can see why a route was filtered. for example in BIRD you can still show the filtered routes with show route filtered all.
Route was filtered on import RS:1101:*
| Range | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
RS:1101:1 |
Prefix length too long | - |
RS:1101:2 |
Prefix length too short | - |
RS:1101:3 |
Bogon Prefix | - |
RS:1101:4 |
Bogon AS | - |
RS:1101:5 |
AS path too long | - |
RS:1101:6 |
AS path too short | - |
RS:1101:7 |
as-path.first != peeras | - |
RS:1101:8 |
next hop IP != peer IP | - |
RS:1101:9 |
IRRDB Prefix not found in AS-SET or aut-num | Prefix was not found in the peer's as-set |
RS:1101:10 |
Origin AS not in peer AS-SET | - |
RS:1101:11 |
Prefix not found in origin AS | - |
RS:1101:12 |
Prefix is RPKI UNKNOWN | - |
RS:1101:13 |
Prefix is RPKI INVALID | - |
RS:1101:14 |
transit-free ASN in AS-Path | - |
RS:1101:15 |
Too many BGP communities set on prefix | - |
Route was filtered on export RS:1102:*
| Range | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
RS:1102:1 |
Advertising peer declines prefix | Advertising peer does not want you to receive prefix |
RS:1102:2 |
You declined prefix from advertising peer | You do not want to receive prefix from advertising peer |
RS:1102:3 |
maximum number of BGP communities exceeded | - |
