BGP attributes are properties that BGP uses for route advertisement, path selection, and loop prevention1. There are four categories of BGP attributes123:
Well-known mandatory: Must be recognized by all BGP routers, present in all BGP updates, and passed on to other BGP routers123.
Well-known discretionary: Supported by all BGP implementations, and are optionally included in BGP updates1.
Optional transitive: May not be supported by all implementations of BGP1.
Optional non-transitive: May not be supported by all implementations of BGP1.
The well-known mandatory attributes must be supported by all BGP implementations and must be included in every update123. These include the AS path and next hop attributes23. Therefore, options A and C are correct.
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