File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 4893

Updates:

RFC 4271

Authors:

Q. Vohra
E. Chen

Stream:

IETF

Source:

idr (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6793

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Abstract

The Autonomous System number is encoded as a two-octet entity in the base BGP specification. This document describes extensions to BGP to carry the Autonomous System numbers as four-octet entities. This document obsoletes RFC 4893 and updates RFC 4271. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.