RFC 4893

BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space, May 2007

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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6793
Authors:
Q. Vohra
E. Chen
Stream:
IETF
Source:
idr (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4893

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Abstract

Currently the Autonomous System (AS) number is encoded as a two-octet entity in BGP. This document describes extensions to BGP to carry the Autonomous System number as a four-octet entity. [STANDARDS-TRACK]


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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