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Subject: RFC 890 Now Available
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Date: Sat, 25-Feb-84 22:03:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 25 22:03:00 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 15:07:49 EST
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A new Request for Comments is now available from the Network Information
Center in the  directory at SRI-NIC.

RFC 890:

   Title:   Exterior Gateway Protocol Implementation Schedule 
   Author:  J. Postel
   Pages:   3

      pathname: [SRI-NIC]RFC890.TXT

   This memo is a policy statement on the implementation of the Exterior
   Gateway Protocol in the Internet.  This is an official policy 
   statement of ICCB and DARPA.

   After 1-Aug-84 there shall be no dumb gateways in the Internet.  
   Every gateway must be a member of some autonomous system.  Some 
   gateway of each autonomous system must exchange routing information 
   with some gateway of the core autonomous system using the Exterior 
   Gateway Protocol.

Public access files may be copied from the  directory at SRI-NIC 
via FTP with username ANONYMOUS and password GUEST.

Submissions for Requests for Comments should be sent to POSTEL@USC-ISIF.

Requests to be added to or deleted from this distribution list should be
sent to NIC@SRI-NIC.

--jon.

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