RFC 1105 · EXPERIMENTAL · 1989
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Border Gateway Protocol
Overview
RFC 1105, “Border Gateway Protocol”, is an Experimental document published in June 1989 by K. Lougheed, Y. Rekhter. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1163 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC outlines a specific approach for the exchange of network reachability information between Autonomous Systems. Updated by RFCs 1163 and 1164. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Experimental” means
Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1989
- RFC 1104 Models of policy based routing
- RFC 1106 TCP big window and NAK options
- RFC 1103 Proposed standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over FDDI Networks
- RFC 1107 Plan for Internet directory services
- RFC 1102 Policy routing in Internet protocols
- RFC 1101 DNS encoding of network names and other types
- RFC 1109 Report of the second Ad Hoc Network Management Review Group
- RFC 1100 IAB official protocol standards