Global Routing Operations
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The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is fundamental to the operation
of the global IP routing system and ensuring global reachability
on the Internet.

The purpose of the GROW working group is to consider the operational
challenges associated with the global IP routing system (both IPv4 and
IPv6), including but not limited to default-free zone routing table
growth, forwarding tables growth, effects of the interactions between
interior and exterior routing protocols, and effects of IPv4/IPv6
address allocation policies on the global routing system.

The working group will document the operational aspects of
measurement, monitoring, policy, operational global routing system
security, or safe default behavior of global IP routing protocol
implementations and deployments. The GROW working group will also
develop and increase awareness to mitigations to prevent malpractice
(e.g., route leaks) in the global routing system.

The GROW working group will develop data models and building blocks
for automating the operation of the global routing system.

The GROW working group will collaborate with other working groups,
primarily IDR working group, that are developing solutions for the
global IP routing system. When solicited, the working group will
review the solutions being developed for the global routing system by
these other working groups and provide inputs related to operational
implications. The working group will also provide inputs for
addressing operational and routing security requirements of Internet-
connected networks, and, where appropriate, recommend work to be
taken up by those working groups. Likewise, the working group will
solicit inputs for its chartered work from those other working groups
to strive for an optimal balance between objectives related to ease
of operations and deployability, sustain scaling, enhance robustness,
and optimize performance.

Agenda time at GROW sessions at IETF meetings should allow for
presentations and discussions of operator issues and experience, and
other work within scope for the working group.

The current GROW working group objectives are:

• Present and discuss operational issues faced by the global routing
  system.

• Document common terminology relevant to the maintenance and
  operation of the global routing system.

• Document Best Current Practices for operations of the global
  routing system.

• Document the operational aspects of securing the Internet routing
  system.

• Provide guidance and recommendations for operating the global
  routing system.

• Standardize YANG data models and automation building blocks
  related to the operations of global routing system.

• Document BGP operational aspects of IP interconnection.

• Provide documentation to assist in preventing malpractice in the
  global routing system.

• Determine the effect of IGP extensions on the stability of the
  global routing system.

• Provide maintenance for the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP),
  including fixes, extensions, and future versions.

• Provide maintenance for the Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit (MRT)
  Routing Information Export Format.

Work related to SIDR operations (consisting of RPKI, Origin Validation of
BGP announcements, and BGPSEC operations) will occur in SIDROPS working group.