RFC 5668 on 4-Octet AS Specific BGP Extended Community

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        RFC 5668

        Title:      4-Octet AS Specific BGP Extended 
                    Community 
        Author:     Y. Rekhter, S. Sangli,
                    D. Tappan
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       October 2009
        Mailbox:    yakov@juniper.net, 
                    rsrihari@cisco.com, 
                    Dan.Tappan@Gmail.com
        Pages:      5
        Characters: 9017
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-l3vpn-as4octet-ext-community-03.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5668.txt

This document defines a new type of a BGP extended community, which
carries a 4-octet Autonomous System (AS) number.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the Internet
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