An interior gateway protocol (IGP) is a routing protocol that is used to exchange routing information within an autonomous system (AS).
In contrast, an exterior gateway protocol is used to determine network reachability between autonomous systems and makes use of IGPs to resolve routes within an AS.
The interior gateway protocols can be divided into two categories: distance-vector routing protocol and link-state routing protocol.
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