RFC 5398 · INFORMATIONAL · 2008

Autonomous System Number Reservation for Documentation Use

Overview

RFC 5398, “Autonomous System Number Reservation for Documentation Use”, is an Informational document published in December 2008 by G. Huston. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

To reduce the likelihood of conflict and confusion when relating documented examples to deployed systems, two blocks of Autonomous System numbers (ASNs) are reserved for use in examples in RFCs, books, documentation, and the like. This document describes the reservation of two blocks of ASNs as reserved numbers for use in documentation. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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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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