A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7705 Title: Autonomous System Migration Mechanisms and Their Effects on the BGP AS_PATH Attribute Author: W. George, S. Amante Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: November 2015 Mailbox: wesley.george@twcable.com, amante@apple.com Pages: 16 Characters: 41349 Updates: RFC4271 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-idr-as-migration-06.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7705 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7705 This document discusses some existing commonly used BGP mechanisms for Autonomous System Number (ASN) migration that are not formally part of the BGP4 protocol specification. It is necessary to document these de facto standards to ensure that they are properly supported in future BGP protocol work. This document is a product of the Inter-Domain Routing Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. 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 Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC