%% You should probably cite rfc8654 instead of this I-D. @techreport{ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-25, number = {draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-25}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages/25/}, author = {Randy Bush and Keyur Patel and David Ward}, title = {{Extended Message support for BGP}}, pagetotal = 6, year = ** No value found for 'doc.pub_date.year' **, month = ** No value found for 'doc.pub_date' **, day = ** No value found for 'doc.pub_date.day' **, abstract = {The BGP specification mandates a maximum BGP message size of 4096 octets. As BGP is extended to support newer AFI/SAFIs and other features, there is a need to extend the maximum message size beyond 4096 octets. This document updates the BGP specification RFC4271 by providing an extension to BGP to extend its current maximum message size from 4096 octets to 65535 octets for all except the OPEN message.}, }