RFC - 1787

Routing in a Multi-provider Internet

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1787.txt
Authors:	Y. Rekhter [T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corp.]
Date:	April 1995
Category:	Informational

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Referred by:	6 RFC
Refers to:	2 RFC

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Status

This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

This document was prepared by the author on behalf of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). It is offered by the IAB to stimulate discussion.

Over the past few years the Internet has undergone significant changes. Among them is the emergence of multiple Network Service Providers, where resources that provide Internet-wide IP connectivity (routers, links) are controlled by different organizations. This document presents some of the issues related to network layer routing in a multi-provider Internet, and specifically to the unicast routing.

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