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RFC 9774 - Deprecation of AS_SET and AS_CONFED_SET in BGP

  • Status: Proposed Standard
  • Published: May 2025
  • Stream: IETF
  • Pages: 13
  • Updates: RFC 4271, RFC 5065
  • Obsoletes: RFC 6472
  • Errata: No Errata

Abstract

This document makes the BCP 172 recommendation against using AS_SET and AS_CONFED_SET in BGP into a standards requirement. It prohibits origination of those AS_PATH segment types, updates RFC 4271 and RFC 5065, and obsoletes RFC 6472 to simplify BGP behavior and support deployment of BGP security mechanisms.