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.Dd December 22, 2003
.Dt BGPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bgpd
.Nd "Border Gateway Protocol daemon"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm bgpd
.Bk -words
.Op Fl dnv
.Op Fl D Ar macro=value
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
daemon implements the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 as described
in RFC 1771.
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl D Ar macro=value
Define
.Ar macro
to be set to
.Ar value
on the command line.
Overrides the definition of
.Ar macro
in the configuration file.
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize and log to
.Em stderr .
.It Fl f Ar file
Specify an alternate location,
.Ar file ,
for the configuration file.
.It Fl n
Configtest mode.
Only check the config file for validity.
.It Fl v
Produce more verbose output.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/bgpd.conf" -compact
.It Pa /etc/bgpd.conf
.Nm
configuration file.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bgpd.conf 5 ,
.Xr bgpctl 8
.Rs
.%R RFC 1771
.%T "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)"
.%D March 1995
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 1997
.%T "BGP Communities Attribute"
.%D August 1996
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 2385
.%T "Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option"
.%D August 1998
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 2439
.%T "BGP Route Flap Damping"
.%D November 1998
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 2858
.%T "Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4"
.%D June 2000
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 2918
.%T "Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4"
.%D September 2000
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 3392
.%T "Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4"
.%D January 1999
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 3.5 .