Address Family Numbers

(last updated 2007-02-08)

Registries included below:
- Address Family Numbers

Registry Name: Address Family Numbers
Reference: [RFC2453][RFC2858]
Range        Registration Procedures        Notes
-----------  -----------------------------  ----------------------   
26-16383     Standards Action               With Early Assignment 
16384-32767  FCFS 
32768-65534  Reserved

Registry:
Number       Description                                                       Reference
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0            Reserved
1            IP (IP version 4)
2            IP6 (IP version 6)
3            NSAP
4            HDLC (8-bit multidrop)
5            BBN 1822
6            802 (includes all 802 media plus Ethernet "canonical format")
7            E.163
8            E.164 (SMDS, Frame Relay, ATM)
9            F.69 (Telex)
10           X.121 (X.25, Frame Relay)
11           IPX
12           Appletalk
13           Decnet IV
14           Banyan Vines
15           E.164 with NSAP format subaddress                                 [UNI-3.1][Malis]
16           DNS (Domain Name System)
17           Distinguished Name                                                [Lynn]
18           AS Number                                                         [Lynn]
19           XTP over IP version 4                                             [Saul] 
20           XTP over IP version 6                                             [Saul]
21           XTP native mode XTP                                               [Saul]
22           Fibre Channel World-Wide Port Name                                [Bakke]
23           Fibre Channel World-Wide Node Name                                [Bakke]
24           GWID                                                              [Hegde]
25           AFI for L2VPN information                                         [RFC4761]
26-16383     Unassigned
16384-32767  Unassigned
32768-65534  Unassigned
65535        Reserved


References
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[RFC2453] G. Malkin, "RIP Version 2", RFC 2453, November 1998.

[RFC2858] T. Bates, Y. Rekhter, R. Chandra and D. Katz, "Multiprotocol Extensions 
          for BGP-4", RFC 2858, June 2000.

[RFC4761] K. Kompella, Y. Rekhter, "Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
          Using BGP for Auto-discovery and Signaling", RFC 4761, January 2007.
           
[UNI-3.1] ATM Forum UNI 3.1. October 1995.

People
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[Bakke] Mark Bakke, <mbakke&cisco.com>, March 2002.

[Hegde] Subra Hegde, <subrah&cisco.com>, March 2002.

[Lynn] Charles Lynn, <clynn&bbn.com>, March 2000.

[Malis] Andy Malis, <malis&ascend.com>, October 1995.

[Saul] Mike Saul, <mike&nentat.com>, September 2000.

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