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RFC 5398: Autonomous System (AS) Number Reservation for Documentation Use

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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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Document ID
RFC5398
Published
December 2008
Authors
G. Huston
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
4
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