RFC 1267 · HISTORIC · 1991
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Border Gateway Protocol 3
Overview
RFC 1267, “Border Gateway Protocol 3”, is a Historic document published in October 1991 by K. Lougheed, Y. Rekhter. It obsoletes RFC 1163. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo, together with its companion document, "Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet", define 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A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.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 1991
- RFC 1266 Experience with the BGP Protocol
- RFC 1268 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
- RFC 1265 BGP Protocol Analysis
- RFC 1269 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Border Gateway Protocol: Version 3
- RFC 1264 Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Routing Protocol Standardization Criteria
- RFC 1270 SNMP Communications Services
- RFC 1263 TCP Extensions Considered Harmful
- RFC 1271 Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base