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EGP

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:42 pm

Short for exterior gateway protocol, a generic term for a routing protocol that is used to exchange routing information between two hosts in a network of autonomous systems. An EGP is typically used between hosts on the Internet to share routing table information.

BGP is an example of an EGP.

Compare with IGP.

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