RFC 1267 · HISTORIC · 1991 TUE · 15 SEP 2026

Border Gateway Protocol 3

By K. Lougheed, Y. Rekhter · Published October 1991 · DOI 10.17487/RFC1267

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]

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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A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.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
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 1163
Other RFCs from 1991