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RFC 1771: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4271.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 4271 — A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)

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This document, together with its companion document, "Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet", define an inter-autonomous system routing protocol for the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC1771
Published
March 1995
Authors
Y. Rekhter; T. Li
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
57
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1654
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4271

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1654 (1994)
  2. RFC 1771 (1995)
  3. RFC 4271 (2006) ✓

Read the full history of A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4) →

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