BGP Support for Four-Octet Autonomous System (AS) Number Space

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 12
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]
Publication Date: 2012-12-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6793
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6793
Author(s): Quaizar Vohra
Enke Chen
Keyword(s): Autonomous System, BGP

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IETF RFC 1997 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4271 [Active*]
RFC5065 — RFC5065 EXTERNAL
RFC5492 — RFC5492 EXTERNAL
RFC5668 — RFC5668 EXTERNAL

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IANA, "IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Entities", < http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 4001 [Active*]
RFC4273 — RFC4273 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 5101 [Superseded*]

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IETF RFC 6991 [Superseded*]