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<reference anchor='RFC1163'>

<front>
<title abbrev='BGP'>Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)</title>
<author initials='K.' surname='Lougheed' fullname='Kirk Lougheed'>
<organization>cisco Systems, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>1525 O'Brien Drive</street>
<city>Menlo Park</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>94025</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 415 326 1941</phone>
<email>LOUGHEED@CISCO.COM</email></address></author>
<author initials='Y.' surname='Rekhter' fullname='Yakov Rekhter'>
<organization>International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), T.J. Watson Research Center</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>P.O. Box 218</street>
<city>Yorktown Heights</city>
<region>NY</region>
<code>10598</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 914 945 3896</phone>
<email>YAKOV@IBM.COM</email></address></author>
<date month='June' day='1' year='1990' /></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1163' />
</reference>
