RFC 1656 · INFORMATIONAL · 1994

BGP-4 Protocol Document Roadmap and Implementation Experience

Overview

RFC 1656, “BGP-4 Protocol Document Roadmap and Implementation Experience”, is an Informational document published in July 1994 by P. Traina. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1773 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Border Gateway Protocol v4 (BGP-4) [1] is an inter-Autonomous System routing protocol. It is built on experience gained with BGP as defined in RFC-1267 [2] and BGP usage in the connected Internet as described in RFC-1268 [3]. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 1773
Other RFCs from 1994

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