Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idr-autosys-guide-04.txt
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directories. This draft is a work item of the Inter-Domain Routing Working 
Group of the IETF.                                                         

Note: This revision reflects comments received during the last call period.

       Title     : Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of 
                   an Autonomous System (AS)                               
       Author(s) : J. Hawkinson, T. Bates
       Filename  : draft-ietf-idr-autosys-guide-04.txt
       Pages     : 12
       Date      : 12/27/1995

This draft discusses when it is appropriate to register and utilize an 
Autonomous System (AS), and lists criteria for such.  ASes are the unit of 
routing policy in the modern world of exterior routing, and are 
specifically applicable to protocols like EGP (Exterior Gateway Protocol, 
now at historical status; see [EGP]), BGP (Border Gateway Protocol, the 
current de facto standard for inter-AS routing; see [BGP-4]), and IDRP (The
OSI Inter-Domain Routing Protocol, which the Internet is expected to adopt 
when BGP becomes obsolete; see [IDRP]).  It should be noted that the IDRP 
equivalent of an AS is the RDI, or Routing Domain Identifier.              

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