Document Announcement

[Tony Bates <Tony.Bates@localhost]

Dear All,
	A new document is available. This is for use when applying for
Autonomous System (AS) numbers. It contains some supporting notes to help with
the application.

New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement
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A <revised><new> document below ...is available from the RIPE document
store. 

	Ref:            ripe-091
	Title:          European Autonomous System Number Application Form 
	Title:          & Supporting Notes
	Author:         Tony Bates, Anne Lord
	Date:           3 Sep 1993
	Format:         PS=41091 TXT=13759
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	Updates:
	Updated by:
	Old:


Short content description
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Ripe-091 is the first version of the "European Autonomous System Number
Application Form". It contains a guidance section to help in applying for AS
numbers. It is split into two parts; an administrative and a technical
section. The technical section includes the RIPE-81 attributes used for
registering an AS's routing policy.

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