BGP Attribute Categories - well-known optional mandatory discretionary transitive non-transitive
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Border Gateway Protocol or BGP attributes fall into one of four broad categories. These categories define the way in which those attributes are handled and processed. These categories include characteristics such as well-known, optional, mandatory, discretionary, transitive, and non-transitive. In this video, we'll talk about these categories, the characteristics that define the attributes, and what it all means!
☑️ Chapter list:
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00:00 Introduction
00:12 BGP uses Attributes to Find Best Path
00:54 Well-Known Mandatory
02:22 Well-known Discretionary Attributes
03:28 Optional Transitive Attributes
04:37 Optional Non-transitive Attributes
05:20 Some Additional Notes
06:23 Summary
🟩 Related Videos and Links:
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Video: What is BGP? - • What is BGP?
Video: BGP attributes and determining the best path - • BGP Attributes and Determining the Best Path
BGP RFC - Path Attribute categories as defined in RFC 4271 - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html...
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