RFC 1773 · INFORMATIONAL · 1995
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Experience with the BGP-4 protocol
Overview
RFC 1773, “Experience with the BGP-4 protocol”, is an Informational document published in March 1995 by P. Traina. It obsoletes RFC 1656. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The purpose of this memo is to document how the requirements for advancing a routing protocol to Draft Standard have been satisfied by Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP-4). This report documents experience with BGP. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
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
Other RFCs from 1995
- RFC 1772 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
- RFC 1774 BGP-4 Protocol Analysis
- RFC 1771 A Border Gateway Protocol 4
- RFC 1775 To Be "On" the Internet
- RFC 1770 IPv4 Option for Sender Directed Multi-Destination Delivery
- RFC 1776 The Address is the Message
- RFC 1769 Simple Network Time Protocol
- RFC 1777 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol