BGP OPS BOF (bops) Tuesday, March 18 at 1700-1800 ============================== CHAIRS: David Meyer Vijay Gill AGENDA: Agenda Bashing 5 minutes Review BOPS Mission Statement 5 minutes PTOMAINE Update/Review 10 minutes BOPS Scope Discussion 15 minutes Candidate Charter 15 minutes Next Steps 10 minutes Full Description: The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is fundamental to the operation of the Internet. In recent years, the occurrence of BGP related operational issues has increased, and while overall understanding of the default-free routing system has improved, there is still a long and growing list of concerns. Among these are routing table growth rates, dynamic properties of the routing system, and the effects of routing policy on both the size and dynamic nature of the routing table. In addition, new and innovative uses of BGP, such as the use of BGP as a signaling protocol for applications such as VPN, have created new and unexpected operational issues. The purpose of the BGP OPS WG is continue and expand on the original charter of the PTOMAINE WG. In particular, the purpose of the BOPS WG is to consider and measure the problem of routing table growth, and where appropriate, to document the operational aspects of measurement, policy, security, and VPN infrastructures.