EGP
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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