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<reference anchor='RFC1268'>

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<title abbrev='Application of BGP in the Internet'>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>Advanced Network and Services (ANS)</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>100 Clearbrook Road</street>
<city>Elmsford</city>
<region>NY</region>
<code>10523</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 914 789 5300</phone>
<email>pgross@NIS.ANS.NET</email></address></author>
<date month='October' day='1' year='1991' />
<abstract>
<t>This document, together with its companion document, "A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-3)", define an inter-autonomous system routing protocol for the Internet.  "A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-3)" 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 (iwg@rice.edu).</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1268' />
</reference>
