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<reference anchor='RFC1655'>

<front>
<title abbrev='BGP-4 Application'>Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet</title>
<author initials='Y.' surname='Rekhter' fullname='Yakov Rekhter'>
<organization>IBM Corporation, 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@watson.ibm.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='P.' surname='Gross' fullname='Phill Gross'>
<organization>MCI Data Services Division</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>2100 Reston Parkway</street>
<street>Room 6001</street>
<city>Reston</city>
<region>VA</region>
<code>22091</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 703 715 7432</phone>
<facsimile>+1 703 715 7436</facsimile>
<email>0006423401@mcimail.com</email></address></author>
<date month='July' year='1994' />
<abstract>
<t>This document, together with its companion document, "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", define an inter-autonomous system routing protocol for the Internet.  "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)" defines the BGP protocol specification, and this document describes the usage of the BGP in the Internet.</t>
<t>Information about the progress of BGP can be monitored and/or reported on the BGP mailing list (bgp@ans.net).</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1655' />
</reference>
