Routing Policy Specification Language

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Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL) allows global routing policy to be in a single distributed database. Despite its name, RPSL is not a router configuration language. RPSL is oriented toward objects, which contain policy and administrative information that is registered in Internet Routing Registries (IRRs).

Overview[edit | edit source]

RFC 2622 explains that RPSL allows network operators to specify routing policies at various levels in the Internet hierarchy with enough detail that low-level router configurations can be generated. RPSL is extensible, meaning new protocols and features can be introduced at any time. RPSL replaces RIPE-181 (RFC 1786), which replaced RIPE-81 in October 1994.[1]

RPSL, which is case insensitive, describes aspects of routing policy, such as prefixes, Autonomous System Numbers, relationships between BGP peers, management responsibilities.[2]

Other RPSL specifications[edit | edit source]

RFC-2650: Using RPSL in Practice
RFC-2726: PGP Authentication for RIPE Database Updates
RFC-2725: Routing Policy System Security
RFC-2769: Routing Policy System Replication
RFC-4012: Routing Policy System Replication next generation

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