RFC 1164 · HISTORIC · 1990
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
Overview
RFC 1164, “Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet”, is a Historic document published in June 1990 by J.C. Honig, D. Katz, M. Mathis, Y. Rekhter, J.Y. Yu. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1268 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC, together with its companion RFC-1163, "A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)", specify an inter-autonomous system routing protocol for the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1990
- RFC 1163 Border Gateway Protocol
- RFC 1165 Network Time Protocol over the OSI Remote Operations Service
- RFC 1162 Connectionless Network Protocol and End System to Intermediate System Management Information Base
- RFC 1166 Internet numbers
- RFC 1161 SNMP over OSI
- RFC 1167 Thoughts on the National Research and Education Network
- RFC 1160 Internet Activities Board
- RFC 1168 Intermail and Commercial Mail Relay services