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RFC 904: Exterior Gateway Protocol formal specification

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RFC-904 is the specification of the Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP). This memo updates portions of RFC-888 and RFC-827. This RFC specifies an official protocol of the DARPA community for use between gateways of different autonomous systems in the ARPA-Internet.

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Document ID
RFC904
Published
April 1984
Authors
D.L. Mills
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
Legacy
Area
Pages
30
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RFC 827, RFC 888

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