{"draft":"draft-ietf-grow-bgp-session-culling-05","doc_id":"RFC8327","title":"Mitigating the Negative Impact of Maintenance through BGP Session Culling","authors":["W. Hargrave","M. Griswold","J. Snijders","N. Hilliard"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"10","pub_status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","source":"Global Routing Operations","abstract":"This document outlines an approach to mitigate the negative impact on\r\nnetworks resulting from maintenance activities.  It includes guidance\r\nfor both IP networks and Internet Exchange Points (IXPs).  The\r\napproach is to ensure BGP-4 sessions that will be affected by\r\nmaintenance are forcefully torn down before the actual maintenance\r\nactivities commence.","pub_date":"March 2018","keywords":["BGP","culling","EBGP","sessions"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":["BCP0214"],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC8327","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc8327"}