RFC 1930:Guidelines for creation, selection, and r...
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... routers under a single technical administration, using an interior gateway protocol and common metrics to route packets within the AS, and using an exterior gateway ...
... AS, and using an exterior gateway protocol to route packets to other ASes. Since this classic definition was developed, it has become common ...
... might decide not to use this information if it does not want to send traffic to NET1 at all or if it considers another route more appropriate to reach NET1. ...
... traffic in the direction of NET1 to flow between ASX and ASY, ASX must announce that route to ASY and ASY must accept it from ASX: ...


... WHOIS), and attempting to change that would serve only to confuse those people attempting to route IP traffic on the Internet. ...



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